I too miss the titles. I do not consider that I try and run up my post count. As of this post, I have 2,229 posts on this forum since September of 2004, for a post rate of 1.11 per day. For me, this is being quite chatty. I do frequently post welcome posts, but my own personal rule is that I do not post these if there are already more than 2 pages. This isn't because I don't welcome new members, I just don't believe that all of us need to post a welcome message. I do make one exception, and that is a new member from Virginia. Let's see, if the titles were to be reinstated, I might have to increase my daily post rate by nearly .5 in order to attain my next rank up before the Mayan calendar comes to an end, and all such things become irrelevant.
However, as I once said, I don't own or run this place. I am a guest, and as such must abide by the house rules, or leave.
Crikey, man! Don't toss 'em out! 
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