Why are some people's post counts too low? For example, I saw one of ken1234's posts in the classifieds, and his post count shows as 4, but if I click on his name and do view posts, I find 29.
As I said in the subject, I'm not talking about the deleted classifieds, which is what's covered in the sticky. Ken1234 for example, has more posts that I can see in non-classified forums than his his post count shows.
I think it's the difference between his posts and total posts that have been soft deleted. We can soft delete posts so you guys can't see them but there is still a link for the mods to go back and review if need be. I think that is where the difference in the two numbers is.
I know for a fact that I have soft deleted some of Ken's posts.
You for example have been around for 3 years with 104 posts; that is an average of about 34 posts a year, which to me is pretty low. Same goes for me.
I weigh time as a member and quality or posts more heavily than post counts; there are a lot of folks on this and every other board out there that just reply for the same of adding 1 word responses or emoticon responses which add zero value (IMHO).
The root of what you said is absolutely true though, when you see people with <10 posts asking questions in those gray areas or for "insider" information bells and alarms start going off.
Based on a recent PM I got from a member with 0 posts I would be curious to see trending on people with super low post counts who only PM people... that should not be allowed.