It's a caste system like that little colorful dot on Hindu's foreheads that separates human beings into elitist categories, or shows how much time and work a person has been willing or able to devote to this project, or a friendly way to race your buddies toward infinite posts, depending on how you choose to look at it or on how others use it to make judgements about posters. I for one feel like it just might mean the exact opposite in many cases, like when a very huge guy gets nicknamed "Tiny" for laughs, ahem. Yet all things change, my son...
True to my moniker, I'd rather just have them double my name.