Yes, that little "pat on the back, job well done" feeling is quite satisfying. As long as you don't get saturated by it. I completely ignore trophies on my PlayStation as I've just gotten so many of them by now.

Steemit is great but actually a little bland feature-wise compared to other more established social media sites. We don't even have avatar pics. Reddit at least has flair. I'd like to see little badges next to usernames to indicate achievements.