This was outside of the official team's control and rested entirely on a person's ability to click the new post button.
Now titles are bestowed by the PB team and so it is in their control. These people speak with some authority and have some trust invested in them. And so the ranking is an accurate reflection of the official PureBasic viewpoint - for good or for bad.
And now the ranks are for fun. And should be treated that way. Addict is good! "Inmate" should be the next one up, because the poster spends so much time here!

BTW: Logic doesn't have a hope in hell with humans. Emotions/egos count for a lot, just about everything - otherwise this discussion would not be taking place, not so?
(Did you know that very few, if any, decisions are based on logic? Most are based on emotion and rationalised using the best logical arguments we can drum up.)
And just in case anyone gets the wrong opinion, I'm friendly, I'm just voicing mine.
