Suggestions for the database system and message counters.

the counters no longer reflect the real authority of a forum user

Authority? Oh, nonsense. It depends little on the counter. Unless for a person who has just joined the forum. And even then, moderators have, or at least should have, much more authority. As an example of knowledge, judgment, and culture, etc.

So, you remove the posts in the Mafia section, then what? The next post-padding section will be the Heroes VI section, where there are a lot of posts about how cute the units in the game are. Is it informative? No. Is it useful? No. How are the posts in the Mafia section worse? In no way. Oh yes, of course, it relates to the heroes. In my opinion, with a big stretch. You can also throw the Heroes VI section in the direction of, for example...Neverwinter.

All of this is just pointless arguing. It doesn't make things any better or worse. In every section, there are its own heroes, and sometimes there are anti-heroes. They are the ones who determine the atmosphere on the forum.