Unless it's a single digit so I say "Welcome to Flyertalk" in a reply, post counts are meaningless.

I don't care if they count, nor do I care if they don't count.

It is irritating that so many people believe that nothing in Omni has anything to do with anything, and Omni is the only place that happens. There's other forums that have little to do with travel, and their posts count, so to be fair, either they all count or none of them should count.