
No, honestly, I've read a few posts where people talked about post count. In one thread, someone ridiculed another user for having a high post count. In another thread, someone said they were entitled to listen to a different person's opinion based on their post count, so they must know!
A lot of people don't go into the Community sections (Playhouse, OTC, GTKEO), so they're not aware that those sections permit and even may encourage quick, short posts in a chatting format. So I just thought I'd bring it up.
I don't think we'll do away with the ranks, but some have said they should keep going after 5,000. My thought is, those with posts above 5,000 (myself included) generally got there by participating in the Community sections, so ranks above that at this point don't seem necessary.