Google Launches News Badges

Posted by Soulskill on Saturday July 16, 2011 @06:58AM from the this-must-be-the-decade-of-sharing-literally-everything dept.

theodp writes "Does it make you sad that you're too grown up to earn Scouting Merit Badges? Well, thanks to the PhDs at Google, you can now start earning Google News badges as you read articles about your favorite topics. The more you read, the higher rank you'll attain; Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and finally, Ultimate. They say, 'Your badges are private by default, but if you want, you can share your badges with your friends. Tell them about your news interests, display your expertise, start a conversation or just plain brag about how well-read you are.'"

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Re:Badges? by russotto · 2011-07-16 13:11 · Score: -1, Redundant

They're for weak people who need others in order to validate their existence.
Now MOD ME UP DAMN YOU!!!! I NEED YOUR VALIDATION!!!
ROTFL. I don't care about mod points either, I've got karma to burn. What I can't figure out is why my insights are modded informative, my informative posts are modded funny, and my jokes are modded troll... and when I do indulge in a bit of trolling, it's modded insightful.