Should posts in the parking lot count towards total post counts?

[mooby]

I vote yes too. Like people have said, some people make ridiculously stupid posts in the Redskins forum and it gets added to their post count. But in the Parking Lot, we have a pretty even mix of not too serious threads and threads that really contribute to the site, where we learn other members' opinions on real world issues and things of that nature.

I think if you are going to take post counts away in the Parking Lot, then why not take post counts away period? The members of this site that all contribute or know one another pretty much form their opinion of other members of the site, so post count shouldn't really matter. Some of the newbies that come on this site get intimated by members that have been here for 3+ years and have thousands of posts, but if post count wasn't revealed next to the post there wouldn't be a problem. Seeing as how we all pretty much know one another, should post count really matter?

A possible solution would be to hide the post count next to a person's post, but have it viewable if you click on a person's profile. That way the only way to see a person's PC is if you really wanted to. Why not make posts count, but not viewable. Post count shouldn't really be that big of a deal. In my opinion the best solution would be either A. Make all posts count, but have a person's post count not viewable on their mini-profile, or B. Just take away the post count period.