In a forum dedicated to a specific topic, such as electronics, guns, cars, computers, etc., a high post count often indicates knowledge/experience, which suggests that their advice or answers to technical questions may be especially reliable, because people don't tend to make thousands or tens of thousands of posts on a specific topic without having a serious interest in it.
In a general discussion forum like this, what does a high post count indicate other than the fact that they've made a lot of posts?
I agree that it's harmless, but I don't see what's fun about it. It's like celebrating how many emails someone has sent over the years, or how many phone calls they've made.
The old IMDb forums didn't even display post counts.
"Kind of like some people like to talk about outdated technology."
You fail Analogies 101 forever.
Old technology has a use, and is a well-established area of interest for many people. There are forums dedicated to it, countless videos made about it on e.g., YouTube (for example, LGR and The 8-Bit Guy) with millions of subscribers and millions of views, and even museums featuring it. Also, people who are interested in technology can safely be assumed to be a good deal smarter than you, someone who thinks that making the one millionth post on a forum is somehow a noteworthy "achievement."
Post count is in no way comparable. Making a post here is not noteworthy in any way. There's no significant difficulty involved; there are no significant prerequisites nor any other significant barrier to entry; there is no peer review process to ensure a post meets a certain quality standard before it's published, and so on.
Celebrating birthday anniversaries is strange too. Celebrating any non-achievement is strange, unless it's a celebration of some big stroke of luck that has brought you good fortune, such as winning the lottery.
Some anniversaries make sense to celebrate, such as a wedding anniversary, because with the divorce rate being so high, keeping a marriage together for a long time is a noteworthy achievement.
Maybe that's why birthday anniversary celebrations originated in the first place, because the infant mortality rate used to be very high, enough so that it drastically skewed the average life expectancy way down to 30-something years old. Making it to that first birthday anniversary was probably considered to be quite a stroke of good fortune back then.
Also, it depends on what browser youโre using. I use Google Chrome, but some of the older ones like Safari may not be so compatible. Im sure some of the more tech minded posters can expand on this (Only Moderately Techie Andy).
Aww, thanks for inviting me. I'm actually on the way to the airport (as a passenger) to pick up my son so I can't do it tonight but hopefully another time soon!