I noticed that people on AG give serfs no respect thinking they're noobs. At what rank to people stop thinking you are a noob? I'm a silver squire as of right now, so how nooby am I.
I don't think it makes much difference if a serf posts some random crap or if a king posts some random crap. Respect is about what you do rather than the rank. I have seen loads of serfs/squires I like and several kings/prince that I don't respect at all (though I admot it is mostly the other way round)
It doesn't matter about your rank in all honesty. As you can see I am a Gold Squire. To gain respect is to make high quality comments, and posts on the forums. Think about it, if you just randomly go to games and rate them you get your rank up with only boredom. That's not respectful. The way to gain respect is to open yourself up to people and leave great comments and have conversations with people. Thats how you earn respect.
I think there is no rank you get respected at. You'll find most of the respected members have a high rank because they are active. Respect comes from people knowing you really the moderators respected most are the ones who are active.
