If this site had a trade union seniority would actually mean something, but it isn't.
No disrespect intended but spending multiple years on a site while doing little to improve it, help others, or post anything beneficial is really no cause for celebration or recognition.
I registered last year, but because much of the site is viewable to unregistered users have been reading here much longer.
Because any member is new to a site does not make then new to the internet or web communities and certainly does not mean they should be treated any differently then any other member.
Does my member number 33033 really mean anything other then 33032 members registered before me? Really?