I think people are to worried about ranking up. It's intentionally designed to take a long time and I think it's great for weeding out people that truly don't want to be here, contribute, or make good conversation to a thread/whole community. Ranking up is unachievable if you spend all day thinking about it I'm guessing, sort of like trying to save money.
You are right in a sense, but I would say that you should not worry about the rank, but about your reputation. There are new people on the forum who came here who are not new to Bitcoin. They are well versed in cryptocurrencies and very quickly rose to a high rank. At the same time, these people were not at all worried about the promotion. Their posts speak for themselves.
But rookies need the knowledge to move up the ranks, and it doesn't come overnight. From this, the time difference is obtained, you get older—that is, you begin to understand crypto—time passes, and you get a higher rank. Isn't it reasonable? This is where reputation works. We know a lot of newbies who have very stubbornly gone all the way and reached a high rank. This deserves respect, compared to some trolls who write rubbish and don't care about their name.