community points

Also, note that if you comment on a question for the first time when somebody's (you or someone else) answer is accepted, you will not score 2 points, unless your answer also soon gets accepted and earns 10 points. Hope this gives you a bit insight.

Points can actually be obtained in more than two ways. If there is no previous accepted answer and yours gets accepted, you get 12 points, 2 from answering and 10 from accepted. So they are not hard to earn, because there are many questions in the community without accepted answers. Note that you can also get points from ideas. Your first vote will give you a point. 10, 20, 30, and other milestones give you 5. Every five you get one point. Badges actually aren't as hard to earn as you think. In addition to Reaction/Comment/Answer, you can also earn achievement badges, for instance, the Candy Necklace. There are also dozens of celebration badges like Sour Skull Candy Crush, Thanksgiving, Happy Holidays 2020, Anniversary badges, which usually give you 2 points.