I'm a German native speaker and also speak English. I learned Spanish in school but never used it afterwards and therefore have forgotten a lot. So I'd like to be able to speak Spanish again. Knowing Arabic and Mandarin would also be quite cool.

I've never seen those pear-like ones before! Will tell my parents of those. They have black tomatoes in their garden which also look quite interesting and taste pretty good.

Right after posting it also show only "1" for me, just like in your picture. And the small dot right next to it.

The big one are the upvotes, yes. I saw some posts somewhere why they don't always align but currently can't find one to link to. The small one is time.

The rules seem good to me, including Nr 6. I also like it that you are looking out for your community and want to provide a great atmosphere here.