Splainy? I don't get what you mean by counts or the count set.
I undertsand your points at the end though. It kind of boils down to a question of why aren't people posting.

I'm new enough to not really feel the difference but sometimes I wonder at that list of online members. I wonder where they are. Just playing games? To what end? What's the point in having gold if you never post and show off the items you can afford. And, honestly I'd like to get to "know" them, see them around. Why don't they post?