Hey imdaly... I know who you are.
And sine you've been here for over 5 years, you were probably a victim of the the "occuring twice" Malice post count screw up circa 2001 and 2002.
He was screwing around with the Hype, as he often does, and on these two particular occasions, he went "Oops" and lowered EVERYBODY's post counts by mistake. Both times he gave everyone a few weeks to PM him and he'd re-adjust your post count to what you thought it might have been. This was during a Hype era when spamming occured less frequently, and higher post counts were a sign of seniority as opposed to spamming/stupidity. (That less comment was more directed to those who have extraordinarily high post counts for short periods of time registered at the Hype, as opposed to long-timers with high post counts)
Bottom line... whether you care or not... you might in reality have a much higher number of Hype posts than 4k.