Is being a "Tadpole" good or bad

[aprillo]

Hey everyone. So I'm still pretty new to the site. I've been a member for about a week now and the other day I was no longer a common frog.

Now I'm a tadpole. When I first saw this I was very excited and thought it meant I was upgraded and could access the downloads portion of the site. But when I clicked the downloads section it still said nothing was available.
Which I'm not complaining about. I'm happy to wait and pay my dues.

But it made me wonder... was tadpole a demotion or promotion. I noticed I can have a signature now which is cool. But I'm not sure that I couldn't before...

If it was a promotion, does anyone know at what level I'll be able to access the download's section? Just so if it's not the next promotion I won't get excited again then let down again. :P