Salesforce has announced a new Community Rewards & Recognition Program, which the company says brings rich metrics including a clear call out of who its top contributors are.

"We are keeping the program simplistic at first focusing on the IdeaExchange and Answers contributors," says Salesforce’s  Erica Kuhl in a blog post.

Salesforce will be awarding badges with each seasonal release, and overall winners once a year.

There are badges for "MVP Ideas", "Top Ideas", "MVP Answers", and "Top Answers".  The company lists the criteria as:

Badge:  MVP Ideas
Criteria: Top 5 IdeaExchange contributors with the most votes received for Ideas posted during reward cycle (June – May)
Each recipient of this badge will receive a FREE pass to Dreamforce as a token of gratitude for all the hard work they put into helping make the community successful!

Badge: Top Answers
Criteria: Top 20 Answers contributors with the most comments submitted during the seasonal release awards cycle

Salesforce has already announced the first winners here.