The thing of it is, it is implied that if the poster immediately following that one is the same person or an Alt of theirs, it is to be treated as a deleted post should. Otherwise, people could just continually delete their posts to drive up the count. However, what I did, while legal, was dirty... but I promise it wasn't meant to fool you. I seriously wanted you to win. I just didn't want the other guy to. Sorry Zeffy......
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BTW, I'm just going by what I was told. I just don't remember who said it, so it could be misinformation. That's why I say it shouldn't count.