Quote: "LOL! I never imagined suggesting a "post count" in the forums would be the least bit controversial." Well, there you have it! There are different opinions about that. Like about everything in life. I don't miss a post count to tell me who's posting how much. Not how much one says matters to me, but what he says. I like this place as a valued source of information. The most people posting here are searching for information or stuff or are so kind to give the searched informations. It's easy to browse the posted threads and due to the search function you can find even informations given in older posts. It's functional and most people are nice around here. Quote: "However, it is common that when someone trolls, there's often someone accusing them of trolling along with the additional comment of "he has nothing in his gallery, he has no free stuff contributions", etc. It gives people the impression that if they have no gallery or free stuff, that they don't contribute in any way, and that's not the case." I saw this he-has-nothing-in-his-galleries-statement only expressed in cases, when it was already more than clear that someone was badgering. And that was deducted from what he had said and/or done, not how many posts he had. "So it was a suggestion to BENEFIT people who do contribute in more than just the common ways, not the other way around." Counting the posts to decide about someone's character is in my opinion no better than counting his images. Someone can be a very communicative person and pile up lots of posts. But this alone don't say that he is more valuable to the community than one who speaks up more seldom.