I dont wanna be a complainer, because I certainly am not obsessed with my post count. But it has been mentioned that one can easily "post whore" in the Introductions forum. and in my opinon saying "hi and welcome" should not be the easy way to get your count up. (yes I did that to get my count to 25 so I could view the dump)
The introduction thread is a sub forum of this. And I think the hot rod forum is a legit way to contribute, especially if people are posting photos or answering Pshop requests
Either way I dont care, I accepted the fact that lounge posts dont count AGES ago when you turned them off all those years ago!! but there it is