How Do People Get So Many Thousands Of People Commenting On A Forum They Created?

Is there some secret to how there will sometimes be thousands of people commenting on a forum topic? What's the secret everyone? 

Promotion! 

Anyone wanna make some predictions for Paris Grand Chess Tour event?  I'm hosting a fairly popular PPP (prediction game) on chess.com - feel free to join and make a prediction! 40 minutes left! 

https://goo.gl/forms/QaZhtweJMGt4xBAY2

But seriously, eventhough I joked and made promotion myself, you're very welcomed to make a prediction on a tournament that starts in about half an hour.

Invite everyone to relax and be themselves, then when no one replies spam it yourself.

I have a feeling you want this thread to be popular.

No i want my future threads to become popular, the important ones, such as one I created where I asked everyone to challenge me. I thought I would get like 30 daily game challenges but I only got 1

that won't work, just come across like you've got this massive ego, tell them how fantastic you are, write crap, they will lap it up.

[the forums are not a place for soliciting business -- VP]

You have to be either a chess.com celebrity or a great troll.

which is more or less the same person, do you really want to suffer that fate ? think about it, "great troll" by chess dot com standards.

so, any more answers to my question?

No.

awwwww I wanted more answers, I wanted to know the secret of popular threads

Awww, you just wanted more posts.  Awwww, here's one more.

Thank you very much!