Although I like your main idea
[annual awards], I think we should tweak it a little bit by giving "possible" rewards to those with awards in a way that it doesn't depend on theymos's actions.
- It should be something that "we" as a community would give to these members and not theymos (hence the title, community awards).After the announcement of the results, it would not be difficult for theymos to add the winners their well-deserved titles, for example (Moderator of the Year, Antihero, Guru, etc.).
Even though theymos rarely comments
[in general], I'm pretty sure he has a perfect idea of who are the deserving users for a custom title of some sort and based on how selective he is when it comes to giving those, I think it'll have a little impact on his decisions.
Who knows, maybe we need a little drama.
I'm with ETFbitcoin on this one. We certainly don't need more drama
[even a tiny one]. That's only for those that are either quite young
[both in real life and mentally] or an attention whore of some sort.
- We shouldn't indirectly promote or give importance to such things by having a spotlight on them.
- New members will always learn and follow what they see around and that's something they shouldn't see in the first place.