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dobster I'm not ignoring your comments, I just don't think they need much response. Yes, some people like to have visible evidence of being part of a group. However, by placing any focus on post count it becomes a point of getting into "that group" as opposed to having ones presence in "that group" be incidental. Additionally, it creates an environment where people who have avatars are more respected than those who don't.
From what I know of myself, the other moderators, and the rest of the users on TFP, posts are not discriminated against due to avatars or titles. People do not see a post with no avatar and skip over it or deem it unworthy of response. In your case, the lack of response I think was simply because it wasn't clear you were looking for a response. You pointed out that avatars show a person is an established member. Yes, they do - no response needed there. But if a person does not have an avatar, they are no less respected or considered.
To address irateplatypus, with the exception of a few forums (and one can figure out which simply by thinking about what type of content TFP values), all posts are counted by default. As spectre said, only when a person spams do posts in regular forums not count - and that is by us manually resetting their post count to something closer to their pre-spamming levels.
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