I'd agree to an extent. While an emblem can encourage good actions in posts, behavior etc, it can also encourage bad actions as well. For instance, if you take the "No, no, no" Emblem for example, when people noticed the way to get that emblem was to ask for more and more emblems, they began to purposely ask for them even more, including the "No, no, no" Emblem itself. Unfortunately, I'm afraid the same thing could occur if they were to see an emblem is awarded for post count. :\
I mean if you look at it, members here are various. Taking the majority of our active posters here, the less mature outweigh the mature members we do have here. So, if this is to be taken into prospective, then I'd say a lot of members would begin to post much more frequently to where things can become borderline-spam, which isn't something to look forward to.
If I can say anything about post count, it's that it does give some insight on how active a user may be on the forums. While 5000 posts is pretty high for having a blog, it doesn't necessarily mean it'll take a long period of time to earn it. This depends on the user to be honest. One can be active, post frequently, and still have quality posts that aren't considered spam. Although what I just said can be applied to the same person who is active, frequent poster, and goes near the verge of borderline-spam.
If you ask me 5000 posts is a perfectly find number of posts to have before access to one's own blog. It's not exactly a number that isn't hard to get here if you're active and follow the rules. Reason why is because if you really want high posts, then you shouldn't have to spam. Seems like a silly reason if you know your post will only get deleted after a matter of time. And if you don't want to get in trouble or receive a infraction/ban, then don't do anything you know you aren't supposed to. It's as simple as that really. And if you want it that badly, then the only other I suggestion I'd make is to donate to the forums.
As for the once-in-awhile idiots, it's up to them on what they decide. Unfortunately, doing wrong will come with a gift, to put it nicely. As for those who are not idiots around here, then they know what they have to do - especially those who have been here awhile. Actually, you could be here for just two months and get the hang of things easily, even sooner than that. That's just my two cents on the matter anyway.
Sorry for it being tl;dr. ): I know some of the things I said might be repetitive, but I was hoping I still got the message through without it confusing anyone . n_n;
