diff --git a/internal/metrics/collector.go b/internal/metrics/collector.go
index 87d37ca..5e23ff8 100644
--- a/internal/metrics/collector.go
+++ b/internal/metrics/collector.go
@@ -65,10 +65,14 @@ var (
 		metricPrefix+"users_active_half_year",
 		"Number of active users of the last half year.",
 		nil, nil)
-	posts = prometheus.NewDesc(
-		metricPrefix+"posts",
-		"Number of posts.",
-		[]string{"direction", "type"}, nil)
+	postsInbound = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		metricPrefix+"posts_inbound",
+		"Number of posts inbound.",
+		[]string{"type"}, nil)
+	postsOutbound = prometheus.NewDesc(
+		metricPrefix+"posts_outbound",
+		"Number of posts outbound.",
+		[]string{"type"}, nil)
 	usersPending = prometheus.NewDesc(
 		metricPrefix+"users_pending",
 		"Number of pending users.",
@@ -117,7 +121,8 @@ func (c *friendicaCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	ch <- usersActiveMonth
 	ch <- usersActiveHalfYear
 	ch <- usersPending
-	ch <- posts
+	ch <- postsInbound
+	ch <- postsOutbound
 }
 
 func (c *friendicaCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
@@ -372,42 +377,37 @@ func collectLastExecutions(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, status *serverinfo.Serve
 }
 
 type postMetric struct {
-	desc      *prometheus.Desc
-	value     float64
-	direction string
-	postType  string
+	desc     *prometheus.Desc
+	value    float64
+	postType string
 }
 
 func collectPosts(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, status *serverinfo.ServerInfo) error {
 	metrics := []postMetric{
 		{
-			desc:      posts,
-			value:     float64(status.Posts.Inbound.Posts),
-			direction: "inbound",
-			postType:  "posts",
+			desc:     postsInbound,
+			value:    float64(status.Posts.Inbound.Posts),
+			postType: "posts",
 		},
 		{
-			desc:      posts,
-			value:     float64(status.Posts.Inbound.Comments),
-			direction: "inbound",
-			postType:  "comments",
+			desc:     postsInbound,
+			value:    float64(status.Posts.Inbound.Comments),
+			postType: "comments",
 		},
 		{
-			desc:      posts,
-			value:     float64(status.Posts.Outbound.Posts),
-			direction: "outbound",
-			postType:  "posts",
+			desc:     postsOutbound,
+			value:    float64(status.Posts.Outbound.Posts),
+			postType: "posts",
 		},
 		{
-			desc:      posts,
-			value:     float64(status.Posts.Outbound.Comments),
-			direction: "outbound",
-			postType:  "comments",
+			desc:     postsOutbound,
+			value:    float64(status.Posts.Outbound.Comments),
+			postType: "comments",
 		},
 	}
 
 	for _, m := range metrics {
-		metric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(m.desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, m.value, m.direction, m.postType)
+		metric, err := prometheus.NewConstMetric(m.desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, m.value, m.postType)
 		if err != nil {
 			return fmt.Errorf("error creating metric for %s: %w", m.desc, err)
 		}