"Badges" listing under profile pic

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

If this was asked before then I missed it.  Here on the Wire when you hover the mouse pointer over an avatar pic, a box opens to list number of posts, reputation number, and badges number.  The badges number seems to be zero for everybody I checked (including some folks who won their category at EOT).  So what is that for?

[Larsen E. Pettifogger, SASS #32933]

You know what everyone is going to say, "badges, we don't need no stinkin badges."

[Abilene, SASS # 27489]

Yeah, perhaps that is why they all say zero.

[Lucky R. K.]

I hadn't noticed this before.

Lucky 

[Constable Nelson #11784]

A feature that was built in...but never proceeded with? 

[Tequila Shooter]

From what I remember reading it was part of the software program.  Kind of like the Calendar at the top of the page that isn’t used.