the first page or so of that million thread contained more actual content than it does now, with translations and binary. and images. which makes sense, cause you're dealing with smaller numbers. would be a pain to do so with the tens of thousands.
the rules do say that a user's post count can be reset if administrators (of which, there's only alex right now) feel a user posts just to post. which to me seems more like a sort of threat, or a wink and a nudge not to mindlessly raise post count. or an incentive, like you said. though most of those who post there make perfectly legit, worthwhile posts elsewhere.
i'm awful at math so be warned, but a quick calculation says we won't reach 1,000,000 until 2230!
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