on a few other boards I frequent (after all, when the kids are in school, I really have nothing to do all day), graemlin's don't count in post count, because you can't post just them... you have to have at least 6 letters or more in a response....
if you try to just post a graemlin or a "sure" , or "cool", etc...it pops up "The message you have entered is too short. Please lengthen your message to at least 6 characters"
that said, # of posts is irrelevant... I look at both "how long" one has been a member and the content and contribution... someone that signed up last year, that has 10,000 graemlin posts has no more credibility with me, than someone that just signed up that has not had time to establish themselves...
that said, I plan to catch greggy in post count by 2017!