Points and notifications

Here are some suggestions after browsing the site:
1) I think it would be a good idea to see some notifications at the top bar, reminding the user that he has a message or comment (maybe like a small circle above the username)
2) Another one is maybe to lower the amount of emails that are about points. My mail gets a lot of messages that dont really make me feel the “rewards” through this gamified process and maybe get opposite results.