As someone you don't know from Adam, as well as a person who's been in the fandom waters for less than a year, I can completely support this statement. When people I respect comment on something I've posted, and particularly when they say nice things, my surprise stems more from a 'holy crap, fan X noticed something I did?' zone than any negativity toward said fan. It isn't that I think she's a snob; it's that I'm stunned to be seen as worth checking out in the wide world of fic. I tend to try to avoid blowing that coolness by revealing my silly underpinnings.

So, basically, yes, I don't want to be the dork pestering you, even though you would undoubtedly be kind and generous about it.