80 posts a day is definitely surprising. To me it's nothing more. I hope we don't start thinking that the only posting to be tolerated here must fall somewhere between neutral and sacharin. Or between supportive and ass-kissing. I'm confident Brad is above enforcing such rules.
Qualifying 80 posts per day as surprising, but "nothing more"... well, what more would it be anyway? Did you assume that other people loaded up the surprise with something else?
Showing up to a community birthday party of sorts, might be outside of your interest or unworthy of your participation, but a lot of folks do enjoy the social aspect of it. It's a part of life, and far from just being pointlessly supportive or kissing ass, it can be a positive thing for any group. Just as positive as regularly stirring the pot. Both can be good. Too much of either becomes tiresome. Both are worthy of trust.
But you've got me thinking. Since you think this isn't cause for celebration, what would you think would be something to celebrate for a forum community?
We have all sorts of members, here, who range from those who contribute much to discussions to many who simply enjoy participation, even if they don't have much to contribute besides their participation. It's great that, with rare exception, all are welcome.
But again, I was thinking about what the forum has accomplished, beyond simply existing for a year, and having people "show up" day after day.
Off the top of my head, besides the obvious of providing a place for collectors to come together and share our hobby, I do think this forum has done a great job of collectively tracking and documenting the Old School series, and the postcards. Primarily this has been the tracking of the insert sketches, I realize. The value of that is different for every fan and collector, but I don't think anyone else was doing it with such vigor, and that's something that could have a long-term value to the hobby.
Sometimes there's not real info to track and study, or new discoveries to make, and that leaves us mostly to simply show-up, and there's nothing wrong with that, either. But besides sketch-tracking, what other notable contributions to the hobby has this forum made since it started? That's not a challenge... it's a real question. :-)