Suggestions for the database system and message counters.

I got all 2.7k posts in the Mafia section.

Ugh, what a spammer.
But seriously, I don't understand the problem. What's the big deal about how many posts someone has and where they got them? Everyone was fine with the post counter in the Mafia section, and no one complained, but suddenly it's a huge problem. Is it confusing new users? Well, in 95% of cases, they either post in the first topic they find or message a moderator of the first section they see. And most active Mafia users with 10k posts are barely noticed. I doubt anyone is so obsessed that they would go to the user list to see who has the most posts. We're adults, and we should understand that these numbers aren't the most important thing. I have no idea why you're making such a fuss about it. Let things stay as they were.