IMHO, those who obsess about their XP being too high are making the same mistake as those who think it's not high enough. XP is just a number; it roughly correlates to your participation (and yes, "just visiting" is participation) in PerlMonks, but doesn't tell the whole story. Personally, I gauge a Monk's "true worth" by actually reading their writeups or conversing in the CB. :-)

HTH,