I lurked here since 1998 and found out about FR during the Clinton scandals and the public confrontation some freepers used to do, i.e.:
“Mr. President
Put your hands up and step away from the intern!”
Why do you ask?
Is account longevity some indicator of mystic FR wisdom and cred?
Did you March on DC back in 2009 with Jim, Jeff Head and others to protest Obamacare?
I did.
Longevity is considered “proof” that the individual is not a troll. If one can survive here for years, it means that one has successfully demonstrated conservative thought and avoided being banned for signing up to disrupt.
I do not assume a new signup date means troll, but when a new signup starts espousing liberal crap, I remind them that everything they say (for a few years) is filtered through the troll detector.