Said it before and I'll say it again... we have a private board for that stuff... I'm as guilty as others in that regard.  At one point or another, we also got hung up on board post statistics.

But if it's a mixed bag of posts and the negative creeps in, the number of posts is meaningless, if not detrimental.

Case in point, we sure have gotten a lot of post mileage over a former poster.  Focus needs to be on Treaty.  JMO.  $TECO

Though his rants did nothing to bring the PPS down they are still unfavorable for any new investors that might be interested and would certainly influence them on choosing another.