<p>Well, if you are reading this, the chances are you are new to Foursquare. If you are not sure how Foursquare works, there are some good help pages on the Foursquare site itself. This site will help you with unlocking the badges that you can earn. The people of Foursquare have made the criteria for unlocking the badges quite mysterious and cryptic and we hope to help guide through the deeds required to earn those badges and the kudos that goes with them.</p>

<p><img style="float: left;" src="http://foursquare.com/img/badge/newbie.png" alt="" width="57" height="57" /></p>

<p>The Newbie badge will be the first badge you earn, probably within minutes of registering your account. All you have to do is check in for the first time and there you go, your first badge. If they were all this easy!</p>

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<p><img title="Foursquare Newbie Badge" src="http://foursquare.com/img/badge/newbie_big.png" alt="Foursquare Newbie Badge" width="300" height="300" /></p>

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