I think the op has a valid point.
I am a member in a fish forum specialized for one particular fish. The forum was created in 2001 and in addition I am holding and did breed that fish for more then 25 years. My post count is under 200 after 8 years. In betwin I reset my account due to infighting which I did not want to be part of. I expierienced new members with no expierience treat my advice as if it came from a noob. Of course the "Vets" got a good chuckel out of it befor the told them that they could take my advice and learn but it was very annoying for me to have to explain myself and the post count.
That is something I have not seen here happen especially not in the new members section.
The Vets are always very helpfull througout the forum and I for one could care less about post count as long as the advice is good.