TheGizmo: GOG could introduce special "Medals" for completing various things, like getting a certain amount of games in your collection or participating in community events, stuff like this would allow people to tell easier between newbies and important/veteran members
And this is why its a bad idea.
I was actually considering making a post sometime at how welcoming the GOG community is towards new to PC gamers.
Gaming is a brilliant hobby and can be shared with people around the world, much liek how you may not speak another language, but boundaries can be softened by trying to communicate through sport.
Badge systems to tell between new and GOG elitests is just like the real world where a suit looks down on the guy breaking his back for minimum wage. Having that sort of class between gamers is just not required.