I agree with that. More than once I've seen 2005ish joiners called noobs by 2001ish joiners!
As you said, one is either an anus, or one is not an anus. Just because someone is a noob doesn't mean they are hopelessly ignorant of all thing political.
Of course, being a ''semi-noob'' myself, I may be biased ;)
The folks with a “1” starting the year are the REAL ol’ timeers!