Today we're trying out a "special power" for spankers. It will be interesting to see if people like it (the only way to REALLY know is just try it I believe). You can see the official post for what the feature is all about.
It would certainly be possible to build an elaborate environment of special powers, based on Level achievement by spankers. I'm not averse to such a possibility, but I'd like to keep the special powers tied to the bread and butter of linkspank, which is links or content. Not everyone relates to winning points or achieving (in fact only a minority do), but everyone (on linkspank at least) likes good links and an environment that enriches that would be rich indeed.