Guys, newsflash, this just in.
There are identical threads in existance again!
As far as post padding. I don't care if you are deliberately trying to rack up a higher number or just like to post a lot. Its cool.
Personally, everytime I look at my post count it reflects on man hours lost . . . I probably could have written a significant piece of work with every thousand posts. Or at the length I write . . every 100 posts
The only thing I can say in my defense is that I have been on here since September, 1999. Some people have passed my post count in less than a year on site
I guess that means they are even less productive than I am . . frightening thought
If you are just upset that your favorite game was deleted, well, they are back with only a few minutes worth of non-access.
If you regret that you can't view 15000 one word posts . . . well you have more time on your hands than I do. :
If your are upset that your post count fell. . . well . . get cracking. They are one word posts. You can do a thousand in a week. 
If you are thinking it was directed at you personally. Get over your bad self.