In terms of the icons for the ranks I actually don't think that the dots underneath are necessary. To me, the dots imply that there are sub levels to each tier, which doesn't seem to be the case. And therefore they are a little redundant. I prefer to just have the icons be just the gemstones and the community members can either discover the meaning of each one as they rank up, or they can simply reference a post like this where they can see them all laid out.   On the gamification side of things, I think a tier progress indicator of some kind would help to motivate community members to contribute more by seeing how close they are to the next rank. Additionally, I think it would be helpful have a more explicit way of showing how rewards correlate to point amounts. One of the best gamified learning sites I've seen is Khan Academy, and they have a nice way of showing the breakdown of how points are earned each time a lesson is completed. So maybe something similar to that would be nice? ... View more