I think some people love this kind of thing - I remember being drawn to scouting once I read about all the steps you could take to earn different badges and awards, and how disappointed I was when I joined a troop and realized the other girls were not interested in grubbing after badges in their spare time, so that pursuing the status symbols would make me look like a dweeb. Other people hate that kind of thing from the beginning.
It probably has a lot to do with whether they see the people handing out rewards as having real authority (“Who are they to tell me how good I am?”) Whereas several people have pointed to examples of those who are relieved to have some category that indicates one can be a “casual” EA, as this lets them self-identify as EA without being super involved.
I think some people love this kind of thing - I remember being drawn to scouting once I read about all the steps you could take to earn different badges and awards, and how disappointed I was when I joined a troop and realized the other girls were not interested in grubbing after badges in their spare time, so that pursuing the status symbols would make me look like a dweeb. Other people hate that kind of thing from the beginning.
It probably has a lot to do with whether they see the people handing out rewards as having real authority (“Who are they to tell me how good I am?”) Whereas several people have pointed to examples of those who are relieved to have some category that indicates one can be a “casual” EA, as this lets them self-identify as EA without being super involved.