Thoughts about the post counter...

While I agree that it is stupid to pad your posts to win some imaginary undetermined prize, it is useful to see who contributes and to what extent...

I like to know how active the person is who is giving me their thoughts and / or advice. If John Doe is professing to be an expert and offers his opinion on everything but only has 3 or 4 posts under his belt, those comments might not weigh as heavily as someone like Graham or Hamish with thousands of posts telling me their opinions. Just my $.02.