techcrunch.com — The Huffington Post is taking on more of the trappings of a social network. Borrowing from Foursquare, today it will start giving out badges to loyal readers who share a lot of HuffPost stories via Facebook and Twitter.
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golfguy6May 1, 2010
Sweet...now I can tell them apart while I'm walking down the street so I can kick them in the shin.
daballsMay 1, 2010
I would have to say it's extremely ironic.
theinformerMay 1, 2010
"Loyal readers" is an inaccurate term. "Myrmidons" is the term that should be used as it more accurately describes them.
blitz9200May 1, 2010
FTA - "Of those 23 million visitors, most are casual readers. But 800,000 of them have HuffPost Social News profiles. They are the ones who log in and leave 2.3 million comments a month. In an effort to “maintain a civil environment” and prevent the “trolls from taking over,” says Huffington, in addition to the site’s own paid comment moderators, readers are encouraged to flag inappropriate comments. Now, those who earn the Moderator badge and level up will be able to delete comments as well."I can see why the trolls above are so pissed.
Closed AccountMay 1, 2010
This thread is teeming with irony.
catalysisMay 1, 2010
We all know how hardcore the Nazis were about giving everyone universal access to healthcare, protecting the environment, and helping the poor and minorities from being discriminated against.
bendystraw49May 1, 2010
Way to copy from the latest Team Fortress 2 update.<a class="user" href="http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010/04/tfbadges.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/9/2010 ...</a>
ghostwoMay 1, 2010
Compare it to this post from five years ago:<a class="user" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20050602003241/www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/archive/david-corn/bush-bobs-weaves-mislea_1893.html" rel="nofollow">http://web.archive.org/web/20050602003241/www.huff ...</a>In that example the article take 11.3% of the page, while comments are 52%. Social bits are 1 field.