idea.

[Chris]

A7. Do not post pointlessly ~ ~ Do not post off-topic ~ An off-topic post has no relevance to the topic or any previous post that is relevant, or does little to positively contribute to the discussion.
~ Do not spam/make pointless posts. It is not allowed to post random, meaningless, posts or threads on the forum. Examples of this are (ROFLCOPTER!!!!!!); (BYRDSB +HKK; ) (I am a plane)
~ Do not posts threads which only allow for short, one or two word answers and do not promote active discussion.

If the part in bold was removed from the pointless rule then perhaps that would solve some of these issues? I don't think theres anything wrong with trialing a separate forum for these threads, but if that failed or management decide against it then removing this part of the rule could be a better option.

[j0rd]

Lets be honest, if post count didn't count, there would be a very little amount of posts in there compared to what there is now, which is quite understandable really.
I quite like the idea of only 1 post counting every 5/10 posts however, and I guess there is a change of a plugin being available.