Why not just go with the same coin theme as the existing rank icons, but in a different color that indicates a white-hat look & feel, such as green? All of these ideas are great, but most of the suggested icons do not fit the current look and feel of what the forums have to offer.
Here's an example:
The coin gif is already in use, which means it's royalty-free (I'm assuming), and it's not hard to re-color the existing image that you're already using. The look is uniform, and it matches well with the existing feel of the forums.
I modified the milestones a bit, and maybe you could add a half-coin accent (for the fifth coin) for anyone that submits over 10,000 good reports (to match the existing rank icons).
Sometimes the most subtle changes/additions are the most effective ones. Thoughts?
Here's an example:
The coin gif is already in use, which means it's royalty-free (I'm assuming), and it's not hard to re-color the existing image that you're already using. The look is uniform, and it matches well with the existing feel of the forums.
I modified the milestones a bit, and maybe you could add a half-coin accent (for the fifth coin) for anyone that submits over 10,000 good reports (to match the existing rank icons).
Sometimes the most subtle changes/additions are the most effective ones. Thoughts?
Yeah, I do agree simplistic changes are effective and look more appropriate. Shields/insignia/caps/nuke, rats/dogs, although all these are very good, IMO, like this one, a simple coin theme that aligns with the existing profile would be better than a "reporter going to war or sniffing around", although that's what reporters (of Bitcointalk) do, but it might look funny and take away the seriousness of time and effort being put into reporting. IMO, this is a good idea, simple and to the point, but not green and milestones can be modified where reporter badge requirements wouldn't end up spamming mods, guess that's all left to spam.