Well, I felt pretty happy when I hit the 1000 mark, because I think that was a kinda milestone. I think my own post count is, in a small way, important to me, as I know how I post, so I know what a certain number of posts mean. However, I rarely judge other people on post count because I simply don't know how they post. Ironically enough, if I see someone with a high post count and a recent join date, that just makes me think "If they're posting about twenty posts an hour, how can any of them really be very high quality?" To put it simply: my own post count is important to me but I couldn't really care less about yours
By the way, if I insult Spey then can I be popular too? :D