Come on, its pointless, and purely for bragging rights...however, when someone brags about folding, its fun to laugh at them, because they actually think it is important or means anything, lol
just like that little part in that thar signature of yours yes?

there's plenty of "results" that have been achieved through the info that the folders send back, granted it's not the cure for parkinsons and cancer like people like to describe folding as being part of, but heck, it seems to be helping so why not continue doing it? and as far as i've seen, people don't really brag about folding, sure they have friendly competition with friends, why wouldn't you, but hardly bragging..