Forums not adding to user post counts?

[Breadfan]

This is an honest question. I was wondering what is the practical use of having forums not adding to user postcounts?

What makes them different from forums which are adding to user post counts in terms of content?

Thanks.

[AndyF]

A 'test' area is a good use for having no post incrementation.

Regarding general use, there are a few sites that have it, I can remember posting a post here a while back explaining how to skin it out from everywhere as the client required it to not show (they had turned it off)

Perhaps the value of post counts will slowly fade away as forums evolve more.

On a slightly different note, social sites such as FB as you know do not have any form of (visible at least) post count. I think its just a tradition to have post counts on a forum.