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I also support the idea that all such icons should be intuitively understood by any person. If it's a lieutenant, captain and admiral, it's quite natural to use symbols of military distinctions here - chevrons, stars, etc. However, this may not be a simple repetition of known symbols, but a new interpretation.

@sekorkin I agree with your point that military distinctions use chevrons, stars, etc. I drew inspiration from those, and added my own design ideas to make them unique to eSteem, and the Steem platform, in general.