Help “Turn the World Red” on World AIDS Day to unlock your (RED) badge
Wednesday, December 1 marks (RED)’s World AIDS Day, where landmarks around the world will be illuminated in red lights to highlight the cause of HIV/AIDS prevention. The organization’s goal is for the year 2015 to mark the beginning of the first AIDS-free generation.
To raise awareness, social network users can help to turn a map of the world red using Twitter and Facebook or by attending a (RED) Meetup. Foursquare users can also participate by including the hashtag “#turnred” when they check in at any location, which will unlock a special (RED) badge.
The checkins (if they’re posted to Twitter), tweets and Facebook profile photos will be posted to a map on the (RED) website. Countries that see the most activity across the different channels will turn a deeper shade of red. You’ll be able to filter the activities based on the social network — foursquare included — that generated it.
(RED)’s primary objective is to raise awareness and funds for the Global Fund, which supports efforts to eliminate AIDS in Africa. A significant portion of their funds are raised by brands like Apple and Gap that offer special (RED) versions of their products and donate a portion of the proceeds to the Global Fund. You can follow (RED) on foursquare to find retailers near you that offer (PRODUCT) RED.
According to their press release:
HIV/AIDS is preventable and treatable but UNAIDS statistics published last week estimate 370,000 children are infected with the disease in 2009, down from 430,000 in 2008. Without treatment, as many as half will die by the age of two. Currently, only 45% of pregnant women have access to the medicine they need to stop transmission, but collectively, prevention measures for pregnant women including HIV screening, antiretroviral medication for those who test positive, treatment during and after labour and infant feeding guidance, have been shown to block mother-to-child transmission in up to 99% of cases and the focus is now on making sure every pregnant woman who needs treatment receives it.
Do you plan to support (RED) when you check in on Wednesday?
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Do we have to follow (red) in order to get the badge when we shout?
I think its a neat way to show interest in (RED) with out having to buy a bright red iPod, or ugly Amex
wait, so how do we actually get the badge? Do we check-in anywhere?
It’s already wed here but couldn’t unlock any red badges despite shouting #turnred.
Unable to unlock this badge when checkin and shout out #turnred at e same time….
Based on GMT ? or US time ?
me too
Ditto
I’ve seen a few on my 4sq friends and myself shouting #turnred during checkins, but the badge still eludes us…
Still not working but I’ve seen people already with the badge.
I have checked in twice at 2 and 10 after with the shout…no badge
So I am off to bed to see what happens.
Good luck folks!
Well, it is after midnight Eastern Time and I have had three check-ins where I shouted #turnred and I can’t get this badge. ;(
I think this is a great promo but isn’t tied to any actual, beneficial activity. I know rolling out a foursquare promo for specific sites is costly / time consuming but a simple shout out for AIDS awareness isn’t enough to get a badge.
I’m trying hard to unlock this badge, but i didn’t unlock the badge?
Any clue please? I’ve seen people unlocked this badge…
experiencing the same glitch! Shouted in 4 locales #turnred still no badge!
When does this start? I have cheched in and shouted #turnred and #turned and still nothing… I started this at 12:15 am CST on Dec 1st 2010. Anyone getting this one to really work yet?
still didn’t get the badge…
O.o
A guy in my office got the badge, me and several of my friends didn’t. Can’t see why.
It’s not working for me either & all my friends checked in with me & they got it!
perhaps it’s not late enough in the day?
My friend and 1 check in and shouted #turnred together side by side.. He got the badge but not me…. why?
Are you the mayor of the checked in venue?
I think 4sq system has error on their system.
Cause not everyone check in on December 1st get the badge.
already 12 replies/comments, no reply from 4sq…
still no luck with it
i want to turn red
is it not as simple as what they mentioned? check in and shout #turnred, but no badge unlocked. Anyone there to help?
No luck shouting #turnred for me
Not that it is required, but I am also following Red as well.
I’ve checked in 10 times now adding #turnred and it still doesn’t work! Do you have to share the check-in on both Facebook and Twitter to unlock?
I don’t think so. I’ve tried with posting to twitter and facebook and no badge …
It’s not working! I tried checking-in and shouting #turnred a few times but still nothing. :/
I tried various ways to check in, but I could not unlock the badge
doesn’t seems to be working still….
could be a bug!
cannot unlock it either
by now I only see people unlocking the badge who have less then 500 check ins overall… strange?!?!
I just got the badge a little after 6:00 on the east coast. I checked in and shouted #turnred and it appeared right away.
I’m in Australia — no luck at all. I’m waiting to hear anything that will help. I really want the badge. I’m thinking perhaps I have to wait for a certain time to pass in America before it becomes active here.
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I’m in Australia — no luck at all. I’m waiting to hear anything that will help. I really want the badge. I’m thinking perhaps I have to wait for a certain time to pass in America before it becomes active here.
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Probably need to follow (red)? Only thing i can think of http://www.joinred.com/word_aids_day/index.html
I’m following RED, I’ve added #turnred at my check-ins… but still no badge? What is the secret to get it.. do we have to check it at a specific place after all? I thought it said check in anywhere? *sad face*
This badge is still not working for me…
i was able to get it now with the added words. i then told a friend to try who did it with no added words… i think its getting fixed now.
no, you don’t have to follow joinred on 4sq.
but I even do so and still got no badge
Tried so man times but still cant unlock it (-_-!)
I Checked in at 8:12am .. shouted #turnred didnt follow red.. and i got it!
tried for the whole day , would have covered all time permissible time zones, still no badge, my gf tried and got the badge on her first try!
This badge seems to be working for some people and not for others. We’ve reached out to foursquare’s support team for some help and will let you know when the problems are resolved.
Thanks Chris
Checked in and shouted #turnred, did not get the badge, but I unlocked the excELLENt fan badge. Did anyone else yield the same result? I just thought it was kinda weird.
same problem here. have tried to checkin in various ways to both mayorships and non mayorships, new and existing etc… etc… no joy
Unable to unlock this badge when checkin and shout out #turnred at e same time….
Tried at my 3 check-ins so far today in the UK, still nothing. The only thing turning red is my face.
going to #turngreen soon….
Something is definitely buggy. On the iPhone app’s friends list, whatever venue you’re in is grayed out. I signed out, then back in as my wife and her current venue was grayed out while mine was now active. So there may be something faulty with the venues themselves which is leading to badges not activating. Because I should have also earned the Hangover badge (and I have the bags under my eyes to prove it). Hopefully, they’ll fix it soon. I remember the MTV Moonman badge and the NY TWTRCON having similar issues.
I’m not able to get #turnred to work. I’ve checked into three locations this morning while shouting “#turnred”
Foursquare support is aware of the problem and working to fix it. They’ll be awarding the badge retroactively to anyone who has attempted to unlock it today.
Still trying after 9 hours still no badge… Whats up 4sq… no comment hun?
I have been trying all day…
i’m upset i did this and tried again and again and again and have still not gotten my badge—:P on you!
just got it. checked into a place where i was already the mayor and didn’t share it to twitter or facebook and with only the #turnred hash in the input field. WOOT!
10:42 eastern us time.
gues it has been fixed now.. i get the badges
I unlocked it on my 1st check in. I think you have to actually have at least another word as well as the #turnred hashtag. I wrote “@ Texas Dept of Public Safety – Picking up a manual waiting for the light to #turnred … Green really… ” and had it unlocked.
I’ve seen plenty of shouts w/ just the #turnred hashtag but no badge. Just a thought…
I tried additional words, too. That didn’t work.
well, no idea then… I usually do a play of words in badges that require a hashtag in the shout out. It seems it’s pretty random though… good luck!
still not working. waiting.. uggggggggggggggggggggg
Woot!! It’s finally working.. just got the badge after trying several times this morning! Thanks
Congrats, but it is not working for everyone. You seem to be one of the few randomly lucky folks for whom the process works. I just retried 60 seconds ago and still no luck.
still no badge. tried everything
I checked-in, shouted “#turnred and make a difference.” and have not received the badge…
any suggestions?
I tried to get this badge at least 6 times last night starting at midnight and it didn’t work. I waited awhile, now it is almost noon and I tried again. I checked into a coffee shop and all I entered was #turnred and it worked. Just keep trying!!
Just got it at http://foursquare.com/venue/21244
It worked for me on first try. I checked-in and shouted “#turnred for World Aids Day.”
No luck on my first check in of the day. It popped on my second checkin though. The only difference between the venues: 1st Venue = My College w/mayorship, 2nd Venue = College Library w/no mayorship.
Did not work for me the first time (when I didn’t send to Facebook/Twitter), but worked fine the second time. I…(1) am following (Red) on 4sq, (2) shouted a sentence with the “#turnred” hashtag, and (3) sent to Facebook & Twitter.
i just got it
http://foursquare.com/antdogs/badges/4cf68da6f4478eec415211b7
did the #turnred and worked
Try shouting #turnRED. “RED” in all CAPS. It worked for me after several failed attempts of #turnred.
i didnt do it with caps and worked straight up #turnred
Thanks for the tip. I tried RED in caps, but it didn’t work for me.
I tried several times (using alawys the #turnred hashtag) and did not get it during the day and tried. Finally, without doing anything, I had a message saying that I had got it.
Thank you Chris!
it worked for me after I followed join(red):
http://foursquare.com/joinred
Thanks for the tip. I was following join(red) before I tried to get the badge and it still doesn’t work for me.
Foursquare now claiming the problem fixed:
http://bit.ly/fvpBPe
It finally worked for me! Note that you have to shout #turnRED (with RED in caps) and cross-post it to your Twitter account to get it.
I’ve tried all day with no luck. Tried #turnred and #turnRED shouts to Twitter & Facebook and I’m following join(RED). Guess I’m just not going to get the badge.
OK, so the next morning I received an email stating I had earned the badge. Now, a week later, I no longer have the badge. WTF?
Was this only available for one day? That stinks…I just saw this note last night, one day late! I’ve tried checking in today with the hashtag and…nothing.