For sure.

It's an escalating graph of difficulty earning those higher reps.

This is how I see it:

25 for a base account.
Less than 25 - you messed up/troublemaker
30+ you reach this after one or two decent posts.
40+ you've been here a short while, still new.
50+ you've been here a few months or been doing really good in under 2 months. You are a casual to medium Hive user (you might even be on the road to being permanent)
60+ You are a mature and integrated Hive user. Well on your way in terms of growth and posting frequently.
70+ lots and lots of time, you need a solid 1-2 years or a massive amount of great content to get you here. This person is really committed.
80+ Seeing this on only users that are extremely dedicated and have a large fanbase of readers. They barely need a curation. Every time they post, hundreds of people read and dozens of people reply to what they do. Anything about this is top tier!