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Originally Posted by monster
I think the reason was because they don't want you to use post counts as some kind of mark of status.
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Basically yes, and we don't want people to try to "level up" their post count by posting useless drivel (and having posts like "5000 posts GET!" or whatever). Post quality is way more important to us than post count, so it was felt that de-emphasizing the count helped communicate that just posting frequently isn't an important measurement. Perhaps there is some sort of gap caused by the retirement of the current reputation system... but I personally don't think filling it with the post count is the best direction. We do have the Join Date visible, so between that and actually seeing posters in action, I think you get a sense pretty quickly of who has been here for a while and can show you the ropes.