Thanks for disabling the numbers. Earlier on this thread I posted nothing but two little smileys. I wanted to see if they counted without words. Of course they do. So the numbers include the smiley stand alone posts too.
I think I agree with Bev. If we intend to do this, then a little icon is a much better idea.
Some of our members have very few posts, but the value in what they have to say is priceless. Just randomly thinking, and forgive me J and Kent, but Jmorth doesn't post often but I hang onto every word he says, same with KentPfeiffer. Their words are truly valuable. Same with Janet (JRsbugs). Same with a lot of others.
Anyway, just thinking out loud. ATP is very quickly becoming an excellent social gardening site as well as a valuable source of information. I love seeing it grow in positive ways. Somehow seeing those numbers didn't feel very positive to me.