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by Nathanael 2018 days ago
Hey Razengan! I agree a message like "You got this!" may not always be well received, especially by people suffering from a deep depression. Most of them are more neutral, or at least they seem so to me, like "May you be happy" for example.

For people who are not feeling particularly depressed in the moment where they see one of these badges, I believe it could have an uplifting, positive effect. A small one, probably, but that's good enough for me.

Ultimately, I can't control how people react to these, but I am careful about curating the messages and I do intend for them to express genuine kindness.

I also agree that this is not a cure-all. No such claim was made, in fact. I do think we could use more kindness at core levels of society, as you say.