# Icon next to username on topics?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-next-to-username-on-topics/36182>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [1. Dezember 2015 um 01:14 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-next-to-username-on-topics/36182 "2015-12-01T01:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![charleswalter](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/charleswalter/32/116433_2.png) [@charleswalter](https://meta.discourse.org/u/charleswalter)\
**Post date:** [2. Dezember 2015 um 00:57 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/icon-next-to-username-on-topics/36182/6 "2015-12-02T00:57:36Z")

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Not an urgent request, though I think it really will help motivate users.

I just wanted to get the discussion going in the Discourse community so we could think about this. This would ultimately be introducing the concept of ranks to the platform. Meaning that the groups would need to be able to be ordered.

@sam I think the idea of extending groups to be based on a query would work perfectly.

Just as an example of how I would use it…

Here are the principal variables I would want to look at:  
Registration date, Number of likes received, Number of new topics, Number of topics read, Number of replies

I would then probably have groups like:  
Junior Member  
Member  
Loyal contributor  
Silver  
Gold  
Platinum

Would have to flush it out further, and I appreciate you guys engaging in this discussion.

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