I was wondering if it was possible for you to keep a running total of "views" and "replies" as they are happenning. What I mean is that the figures should be changing as we watch our screens and not be "fixed" as they are now. At least we will know that our threads or other's threads are being viewed a bit, a lot or heaps. The same thing should apply to replies to threads too. Those threads which are more popular for reading should blink in different colours to show intensity of interest. Those asking for urgent replies should have a different blinking indicator to catch the eyes of readers. Is this possible in your website software?