This is Thomas's idea, I'm just extending on it.

The Junkyard. Most of our members post there right? Some of our great members haven't even gotten to 50 posts yet, but why? Because the Junkyard disables post count. The Junkyard is a place to talk about anything you want, spam and whatnot, but that should change. Why? Because we pretty much have legitimate discussion in the Junkyard anyways.

For example, Introvert. He has maybe 35 posts at this point. He has contributed a lot not only in the Visualization section, but posted his work in the Junkyard. He's still at 35 and just now had signature images enabled for him.

Thomas, you've posted a lot yourself in the Junkyard. We've discussed some tech, some real life issues, and community-related issues. Your post count is still about 250. You're the Member of the Month.

These are just a couple examples of people that should have more post count. But why am I bitching about post count? Because for some odd reason, this community's non-staff ranking depends solely on post count as opposed to applications. None of this would be necessary if the Underground rankings needed applications. Unfortunately, it's automatic, so for those who deserve a higher rank they should at least get it. Questions? Comments? Thoughts against this?