It´s the more boring and ordinary the thread is, the more replies it gets . Well not always. Anyway when if I start a thread, I don´t aim at it to be popular.
Yeah I feel like that a lot. It happens to me more on other sites. But I hate how on this site you can see how many people view your posts, especially when no one replies.
Yep, I don't start threads ever because no-one ever seems to reply to mine so I must put up really boring ones or something. I get really self-conscious when no-one replies to a thread, so I don't start them!