I have to go along with Rich and Rabbitrunning. it's the intriguing titles suck you in.

For myself I read the Lyrics Req threads first, then threads I've posted to, to see if there were any replies and then the serendipitous threads with the "What the..." titles.

What might be nice (and I know some sites do it) is to flag the threads you have posted to so you can keep up with a dialogue

Praise and Jeffps idea has merits but I would be afraid that this would lead to a sort of mudcat expertise police. I would not presume to know what another mudcatter might or might not be an authority on and it would tend to frighten away newcomers.

You can never tell.. I thought the "penguin contents" thread was going to be a searing exposee of McVities fillings policy and it turned out to be all about something entirely different :D