I'm so glad you brought this issue up, because I have something else I have to suggest: Over the past month, I have seen quite a few posts by beginners who are overwhelmed by issues they don't know how to solve. It stresses them out a lot.
Sometimes the thread kind of digresses into other issues and the newbie doesn't really get clear, direct responses to the problems s/he is confronting. Would there be any possibility of having a special section on the forum called HELP!!! or some such thing? It could be devoted specifically to PROBLEMS people are having, and allow newbies to get the help they need asap. I don't like to see these issues get lost in the crowd as the forum grows...and grows...and grows...
RE: Titles: I like the idea of this forum being a great democracy among us all--masters and mistresses of The Grow, in-betweeners and newbies. Not so crazy about the idea of a popularity contest based on how many likes you get... Likes should be spontaneous.
I'm quite happy with my red bars, which indicate that I have put time and energy into the forum.