Acknowledgment of participation

Every time I check my profile, the whole page has undergone some radical change -- usually for the worse.

Why can I no longer see "Number of Posts" or "Number of discussions started?" These figures gave me a sense of achievement which encouraged me to participate as much as time allowed.

And while I am on the subject of statistics, why is it that the little yellow boxes beside one's post in the discussions apparently ALWAYS give a much lower figure than the actual Tech Q & A points score?

I don't need it to polish me ego, but it does give me an idea of how I am ranking against other peers.

Again -- if the figure represented the actual score (currently in my case it says 10 K whereas in fact my score is 20 K + ) -- it would motivate me to increase my input.