HuffPo Launches Badges (But Not Foursquare Badges)

Add the Huffington Post to the list of news sites that are adopting the badge concept. But unlike other sites, they’re leading the charge in a new direction. Instead of teaming up with Foursquare and handing out badges for hitting places in the real world (as the Wall Street Journal‘s new Greater New York section started doing earlier this week), HuffPo has created their own set of badges, that readers can earn for activities taken on HuffPo itself.