As a person who was directly instrumental in bringing the Lounge thread concept to FlyerTalk, I can tell you that “post counts” had nothing to do with the the decision to allow Lounge threads in non-OMNI forums on FlyerTalk...
...and I can tell you that there were a number of people who were originally against this concept, including Randy Petersen. Nevertheless, a trial period of the first official Lounge thread was approved and granted, and the rest is history — but, as I said, “post count” was never a consideration, a thought or a factor.
The Dovster may want to expound on the history of the Lounge thread concept. I do not feel compelled to do that here.
In the meantime, my position on this issue is that I really have no opinion either way, even though I launched one of the longest threads in the OMNI forum several years ago.