OK, so there are three reasons I have been able to find why folks don't think OMNI posts should count:

1. High post counts by OMNI gamesters make other folks with "serious" high post counts feel jealous.

2. Newbies might be misled by high post counts by gamesters who really don't know much about frequent flyer stuff.

3. Removing OMNI post counts will maintain consistency.

The consistency argument logically leads us directly into a quagmire that is way too messy to cross. If we are going to be really consistent, no non-travel-related posts should count, and where would that take us?

You know, if FlyerTalk did away with everything except travel-related posts, I honestly believe it would start to fall apart within a year. Take a hard look at the folks who come here day after day. Sure some of us are heavy travelers who look for deals and tricks to maximize our dollars, miles, points and comfort on the road, but, seriously, how much is there for most of us to learn after 5 or 10 years of working out programs and checking into FT every single day.

FlyerTalk is what it is because of the unique and amazing relationships that we have built with one another, even the adversarial relationships make us a stronger community. FT thrives because, even folks who don't travel much anymore, think of it as home and come here every day to see what's happening with their friends whom they have known for years. FT is a cyber family/home to the road warrior who is stuck in a hotel room night after night while his/her kids are half way around the country, or even the world. FlyerTalk has become for many of us a place to connect with people all over the world and that is pretty special.

Something magical (that didn't have anything to do with points or miles) happened way back in the beginning that drew us closer than we could have dreamed and made us and FT a very unique, special community that, in the end, is every bit as important as our miles and points.

I would suspect that I probably have more miles and points than 99% of the folks who frequent FlyerTalk, but I would happily trade all of them in a heartbeat for the amazing, real-life, friends I have made along the way. I have, for instance, been blasted by a couple of folks in this thread whom I consider real-life friends and really and truly like. If I should learn that one of them died suddenly, I would use as many of my dollars, miles and/or points as it took to get myself to their funeral to pay my respects because that is the kind of community we have become.

IMHO, that is why all posts should count.