Elsanto,
You sound just like me when I posted a similar "viewpoint" about how many people where reading and NO action by the masses was happening. It was brought to my attention (and rightly so) that there could be a lot of Out-of-towners and people that visit our sites that count as a "viewed" read of said thread. Also, every time you or anyone that has already read it goes back and reads an update, it counts as another "viewed" read, thus increasing the Total count.
I am NOT trying to said I don't agree w/ you, I am just saying it helped me remember that there are sometimes things going on behind the scenes (family obligations, Lurkers, Work, money, shy, travel time, world-wide readers of the forum...).
Keep up the good work and keep letting people know when and where they can help; they just may surprise you sometimes.