diff --git a/apps/web/src/features/curation-desk/curation-queue-row.tsx b/apps/web/src/features/curation-desk/curation-queue-row.tsx
index 474642a0d9..0bdc5d85d5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/features/curation-desk/curation-queue-row.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/features/curation-desk/curation-queue-row.tsx
@@ -60,27 +60,26 @@ interface Props extends RowActions {
   scalePct: number;
 }
 
+const NEW_ACCOUNT_DAYS = 30;
+
 function accountAgeDays(authorCreated: string | null | undefined, now: number): number | null {
   const ms = parseChainDate(authorCreated);
   if (ms == null) return null;
   return Math.floor((now - ms) / 86_400_000);
 }
 
-function formatAge(days: number): string {
-  if (days >= 365) return i18next.t("curation-desk.row.age-years", { count: Math.floor(days / 365) });
-  if (days >= 30) return i18next.t("curation-desk.row.age-months", { count: Math.floor(days / 30) });
-  return i18next.t("curation-desk.row.age-days", { count: days });
-}
-
 /**
- * Account age of the author, amber under 30 days. Its own memo child on the
- * shared clock, so the day counter never re-renders the row around it.
+ * Warns only while the author's account is under 30 days old. The plain age of
+ * an established account is not shown here: the author hover card already
+ * carries reputation and the joined date, so the byline would just repeat it.
+ * Its own memo child on the shared clock, so the day counter never re-renders
+ * the row around it.
  */
-export const AuthorAgeChip = memo(function AuthorAgeChip({ authorCreated }: { authorCreated: string | null | undefined }) {
+export const NewAccountChip = memo(function NewAccountChip({ authorCreated }: { authorCreated: string | null | undefined }) {
   const now = useCurationTicker();
   const days = accountAgeDays(authorCreated, now);
-  if (days == null) return null;
-  return <span className={clsx(days < 30 && "text-warning-ink dark:text-warning-default")}>{formatAge(days)}</span>;
+  if (days == null || days >= NEW_ACCOUNT_DAYS) return null;
+  return <Chip tone="amber">{i18next.t("curation-desk.row.new-account")}</Chip>;
 });
 
 function appLabel(app: string | null): string {
@@ -242,8 +241,7 @@ export const CurationQueueRow = memo(function CurationQueueRow(props: Props) {
               <ProfilePopover entry={entryStub} />
             </span>
           </span>
-          {row.rep != null && <span>{i18next.t("curation-desk.row.rep", { rep: row.rep })}</span>}
-          <AuthorAgeChip authorCreated={row.author_created} />
+          <NewAccountChip authorCreated={row.author_created} />
           {row.is_new_author && (
             <Chip tone="green">{i18next.t("curation-desk.row.new-author", { n: row.author_post_count ?? 1 })}</Chip>
           )}
diff --git a/apps/web/src/features/i18n/locales/en-US.json b/apps/web/src/features/i18n/locales/en-US.json
index 71341e9a0b..ba8453b8f5 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/features/i18n/locales/en-US.json
+++ b/apps/web/src/features/i18n/locales/en-US.json
@@ -4482,9 +4482,7 @@
       "untitled": "@{{author}}'s post",
       "describe": "By @{{author}}, {{words}} words, curation window {{window}}",
       "rep": "rep {{rep}}",
-      "age-days": "{{count}} d",
-      "age-months": "{{count}} mo",
-      "age-years": "{{count}} y",
+      "new-account": "New account",
       "new-author": "New · post #{{n}}",
       "app-unknown": "unknown app",
       "no-community": "no community",
diff --git a/apps/web/src/specs/features/curation-desk/curation-window-badge.spec.tsx b/apps/web/src/specs/features/curation-desk/curation-window-badge.spec.tsx
index 1b964527b8..c61c8840eb 100644
--- a/apps/web/src/specs/features/curation-desk/curation-window-badge.spec.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/src/specs/features/curation-desk/curation-window-badge.spec.tsx
@@ -109,17 +109,22 @@ describe("author account age", () => {
 
   it("warns in amber for an account younger than 30 days", () => {
     renderRow(makeRow({ post_id: 5, author_created: new Date(Date.now() - 9 * 24 * HOUR).toISOString() }));
-    const chip = screen.getByText("curation-desk.row.age-days");
-    expect(chip.className).toContain("text-warning-ink");
+    expect(screen.getByText("curation-desk.row.new-account").className).toContain("text-warning-ink");
   });
 
-  it("stays neutral for an older account and renders nothing without author_created", () => {
+  it("says nothing for an established account or a missing creation date", () => {
     const { unmount } = renderRow(makeRow({ post_id: 6, author_created: new Date(Date.now() - 800 * 24 * HOUR).toISOString() }));
-    expect(screen.getByText("curation-desk.row.age-years").className).not.toContain("text-warning-ink");
+    expect(screen.queryByText("curation-desk.row.new-account")).toBeNull();
     unmount();
 
     renderRow(makeRow({ post_id: 7, author_created: null }));
-    expect(screen.queryByText("curation-desk.row.age-days")).toBeNull();
-    expect(screen.queryByText("curation-desk.row.age-years")).toBeNull();
+    expect(screen.queryByText("curation-desk.row.new-account")).toBeNull();
+  });
+
+  // The hover card on the author carries reputation and the joined date, so the
+  // byline no longer repeats them.
+  it("keeps reputation and plain account age out of the byline", () => {
+    renderRow(makeRow({ post_id: 8, rep: 73, author_created: new Date(Date.now() - 800 * 24 * HOUR).toISOString() }));
+    expect(screen.queryByText("curation-desk.row.rep")).toBeNull();
   });
 });