My counter reports incorrect number of posts

[linexer2016]

I have PM'd Jerry who explained this isn't his responsibility and have now also PM'd Eadwine Rose who is listed as Administrator.
In the interim of any further feedback from anyone whose jurisdiction it may be I will describe hereunder the issue.
I have a tally of over 1500 (at last count I believe) posts yet now my posts are sub 700. I can't understand how this has happened so I wonder if a similar situation has occurred with other forum members.

[Jerry3904]

The Forum Administrator is @richb and this is a Forum matter.

[Stuart_M]

In December 2022 there were many many threads that were "automatically" deleted. An explanation was given here viewtopic.php?p=705280#p705280 which I'll quote the relevant section below (perhaps you remember this thread):

Topics older than five years are automatically purged without intervention. If later ones were purged it was an error that was quickly corrected and affected one Forum.

There is also an April 2023 thread here viewtopic.php?p=722180#p722180.

Perhaps this has something to do with the reduced number of your posts that exist. Nevertheless, the first link above should give you a good read.

[Eadwine Rose]

Likely with the removal of old topics. Counters will then adjust.

Number of posts doesn't give you anything, other than that number. It is completely irrelevant, as you don't gain merits here or ranks.

[richb]

As Eadwine stated in the previous post.

[Jerry3904]

Number of posts doesn't give you anything, other than that number. It is completely irrelevant, as you don't gain merits here or ranks.

+1

[MXRobo]

Can you reduce mine?

[j2mcgreg]

Can you reduce mine?

Well, I could ban you which would make your post count moot, but I don't think you would like the side effects of such an action.

[MXRobo]

touche'

[linexer2016]

Likely with the removal of old topics. Counters will then adjust.

Number of posts doesn't give you anything, other than that number. It is completely irrelevant, as you don't gain merits here or ranks.

I wasn't looking for anything other than a self-satisfying record of the number of posts I had made since 2016. That said, (and I've mentioned this previously to one of the moderators/administrators or somesuch person) my own thoughts are that a new user in particular asking a question and receiving a reply might reasonably ascribe more weight to a long time poster than one who may have recently joined. Now I am not saying length of membership is and of itself the sole determinator of a "useful reply" however, I think a little thought might show the validity of my argument.
I will mark the thread solved.