If string only in postbit
 

I have an if string that reports a number associated with a user, kind of like number of posts, but a different number. Is there a way to make that only show up next to the person's name when they post in the postbit?

you will need to modify files ..

if it's something that the user inputs via extra profile fields you can add that to the postbit easily ... bbuserinfo[field14] post[field14] (something like that)

however, not knowing exactly what you want .... we could be wasting our time