LOL - you're too funny. One reason for escalated view counts is that once I respond to a thread, I'm automatically subscribed to it (or once in a while I subscribe to one that I am unqualified to reply to but want to watch). The thread shows up in my Control Panel. So each time someone else replies it goes to the top. I can end up viewing a really good
thread I'm subscribed to about 1,000 times without replying each time I view it. So all those views are probably mine.