This is true.... we all happily show our badges with minnow, whale, dolphin, etc. It could be spun positively and then labeling it as such might not be a bad move. Yet without that it becomes subjectively positive or negative.
I do think it is funny my badge shows me as a dolphin. When really to be a dolphin I believe I need at least 100m vests. I only have 16m.
I always thought of you as a dolphin... eyes of the beholder! :)
As far as power... the break down seems to be as follows: https://steemd.com/distribution
Newbie (0.01 - 0.09m), User (0.1 - 0.99m), Super User (1 - 9.99m), Hero (10 - 99.99m), SuperHero (100 - 999.99m), Legend (1000m+)
So if we translate that to the ocean we should have a lot more levels than minnow, dolphin, whale.
Whale would obviously be the Legend.
Dolphin I usually thought was the Super Hero level...
Though there are a lot of missing levels so perhaps Dolphin could span several of those ranks.
It'd be cool to actually break this into many levels and have badges and such. :)
EDIT: Plankton, Minnow, Fish, Dolphin, Whale, Kraken :P
oooooh the KRAKEN!
That's the top spot or 10 lol