Badges were made for sharing! Or at least most were.
Part of the value of badge ownership after all is to establish credibility with your contacts and to demonstrate pride and passion about certain experiences and affiliations. Therefore, there are a number of ways to let those around you know that you own certain badges, both new and old.
- Share: You can always elect to simply “Share” your badge on Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn. You can do this by pressing the relevant icon located on an individual badge page. A prompt to Share is also presented as part of the “Add to Vault” interface that launches when you claim a badge. When adding an object to your Vault, you can simply highlight the networks through which you’d like to share your badge and upon adding your badge to your vault message will be published on your selected profiles notifying friends and contacts of your new badge.
- Publish to Profile Picture: If you want to place your badge in a prominent place where it will not fall to the bottom of your News Feed, you may choose to Publish it to one of your profile pictures. Do this by pressing the star icon next to any of the badges in your Vault. We’re really excited about making this functionality available, if for no reason other than it’s been a request from many existing users. We’re also hopeful that it will allow people to innovate around their profile pictures to add meaning and depth to that aspect of a profile in a way they have not been able to before. [Note: we’re working on this service now and are expecting to launch it for Facebook profile picture integration by 5/1/2011.]
- Embed: Finally, you can also elect to embed your badge on your web page or blog. The code for embedding is made available on a given individual badge page, next to the Share buttons discussed above. Users who understand basic HTML should have no problems making use of the embed code, but embedding a badge should be done with caution.
