Llama Badges. Why do people send me Llama badges? Moreover, why are llama badges a site feature? Why is there an option for me to buy sunglasses or bowties to put ON any llamas I have?

Is giving a llama to someone supposed to be a person's way of saying "Hey! I like your art! You're awesome, have a llama cause DevArt has convinced me that llamas are cool and I should give you a llama because you're also cool!" Or is it just more of that Facebook mini game collection mentality of "This is an element I can collect and give out to others so the more llamas I give, the more llamas people will send to me and then I'll have more llamas than my friends and I will win!"

So, I can take my real money and give it to DevArt, and then turn my real money into "Points" which can be traded to actually purchase llamas as though they were some kind of valuable resource and with any points left over I can dress my llamas up in sunglasses and bowties and... FUCK is this shit that people actually do? If so, what kind of crippling brain disease must one have to think anyone this is all a worthwhile pursuit? If you gather enough llamas do you obtain super powers? Do you win a hoverboard that shoots lasers? Help me to understand! Give me one, good, solid, objective reason to care about llama badges.