So here's how the Badge system work:

You do something (or lots of somethings) and you get badges.  Use them to show off your status!

That's it.  Currently I only have a hook in for the "Beta Tester" badge but the system could be setup to give them for just about anything.  Invite a certain number of friends, boom, that's a badge.  Post a certain amount of links to the front page, bang, another badge.  Make a certain number of comments, pow! ...you get the idea.

We could make some badges secret so you never know when you'll get them and make others public to encourage interaction.  Whatever.  I'm up for any ideas and suggestions.  I setup "Social" and "Contributor" and "Achievement" as broad catagories but we can add or edit them as we want.  Let me know.

- Simon