Same for me re. the posts count, Laurence and I lost 40 posts in the change to the new forum too. I know this because I was fast approaching the 1000 post milestone and had only 5 more posts to go. So from having 995 posts I dropped to 955 and have now been “stuck” on 961 for the last 2 weeks or more. Frustrating but a minor complaint I suppose compared to all the other problems with the current forum.
I do fear they are hoping we will stop complaining and just accept our lot eventually.