title: What is the point of using W3C valid badges?
body: <p>I'm talking about <a href="http://www.w3.org/QA/Tools/Icons" rel="nofollow noreferrer">these</a>.</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-xhtml11" alt="alt text"> <img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-css2" alt="alt text"> <img src="https://www.w3.org/Icons/valid-svgtiny12" alt="alt text"></p>
  
  <p>Yeah, I know they are intended to show that the page conforms to the standards and should link to page revalidation service. Ok. But why should I as a regular user bother with this? As a visitor I'm indifferent to whether the page is strict XHTML or not, whether it contains dirty IE hacks or not. It is important that a page renders correctly, is convenient and works fast. That's all! And in reality, in many cases these requirements don't get along with W3C standards smoothly.</p>
  
  <p>So what is the mania to add something targeted toward developers to a product face? Am I missing a point?</p>