I See people with different tags and badges and all that, I just wanted to know what they did to earn all that....no ulterior motives whatsoever.
In that case, just read the "sticky" topics in Meta.Quote
Please, you guys should be nice to beginners and at least help them find their feet....
That's easy to forget considering most Newbies post nothing worth reading.Quote
most of you were really harsh and that's not nice at all.
Welcome to the internet 
Seriously though, don't worry too much about badges and rank. If you post even half decent posts, you'll do just fine.