Before, the 'Respected' badge used to belong to a few amount of people whom the community actually did respect. It was obvious whenever they would speak with the 'Respected' that they did, as a matter of fact, respect them.
Lately, however, I have noticed a great influx of users with the 'Respected' badge. Are they truly 'Respected', or has a symbolic badge been reduced to nothing more than a blue donor tag which is a little more difficult to obtain?
Discuss.