Been a few post ago, but the best I can remember, you graduate every 100 posts. Seems to go slow at first, but increases rapidly. You want to
really see it take off, go over and welcome the newbies and watch your posts add up real quick. You got to be a part of the welcoming committee
for a while to get the numbers up where you feel like your contributing. The more you participate, the less you think about the numbers of posts.
It's the content of the posts, not the names that counts. And by the way, "Welcome from Texas!"