Quote Originally Posted by Vyk
Its because you make a statement to start the thread. People tend to reply to you specifically. Not the whole thread. Once in a while people will say something in reply to spark a debate. But usually they're replying to a specific post. Which for the first page is usually the first post.
But they aren't really replying to you, are they? They're just telling you something. I'd, if I were talking to real people, expect, if I told and asked people about their favourite movies, them to comment on the answer I gave.