True. I went through the same noob thing - even though I have been posting since 1999.
I had a different account associated with an old email account that went defunct.
I had to start a whole new account in 2007 - tried to reclaim my old screen name “Altoid”, and they wouldn’t let me because it was already taken.
So I lost my entire history of posting and became a “noob” even though I wasn’t a “noob”.
It’s weird how so many FReepers want to compare penis size.
I even asked Jim Robinson to fix it for me but I never got an answer.
Its actually getting ridiculous.
Its almost like the “old guard” freepers don’t want new members...
Or at least some of them. Im still going back and forth with one of them right now