Credibility towards what?

Account registration date per se does not lead to anything. There are hundreds of old accounts that just spam the forum, just as there are hundreds that wakeup years later, still bearing only a few posts under the belt, and still lacking any shed of being savy or trustworthy.


On the topic of merit begging, it does not really seem to be a volume based trend, and I’ve very seldom seen it happen via PM (experience will of course vary from one person to another). There are quite a few threads that facilitate earning a couple with an ounce of effort, besides regular posting, which probably reduces the temptation to ask for it on a higher scale.