[new cruelty]

Regarding 4- Keeping track of numbers of posts by each user. Many forum sites do this, and some even give titles to users who reach certain posting milestones.

The member profile 'In Forum' shows the post for each user... for example: RightFighter

[GretchenEE]

How did you pull up RightFighter's "My Comments" page?

[BlackRazor]

The member profile 'In Forum' shows the post for each user

Yes, but that posting log only covers a person's most recent posts, and does not indicate the total number of posts a person has made on FR. I took a posting hiatus from FR over the summer, and when I returned I was flamed by someone who accused me of being a disruptor since my profile page only went back a couple weeks. This despite the fact I've made hundreds of posts in the past. Unfortunately, there was no way for this person to otherwise know I wasn't a disruptor.