I don't try to make my titles intriguing, but informative about what my thread is about. I do this as a courtesy to people to help them identify threads they are interested in. It also helps bring the people who may be able to help me the most to my thread. There are so many threads to read and so little time! So I appreciate when the title is informative so I know whether it is "up my alley" or not. I don't necessarily single out the most interesting or intriguing threads to read but the ones of interest to me. Sometimes there are threads with titles like, "Not again", "Thinking", "Can't Do It", "I don't know," etc. I am less apt to click on these threads as the titles are vague and I don't know what they are about and my attention naturally turns to those that are on topics I can relate to or that I think I can add to the conversation about. For example, instead of "Can't Do It", the person could title the thread, "Having trouble quitting my job," and then I would be more likely to read the thread because I have been in that hard situation and also I am interested in career issues. I post in the psychotherapy forum a lot where there is a ton of traffic so descriptive (not intriguing, not interesting) titles help me a lot. For example, it is not uncommon for a person to label their thread "My session," and this is very descriptive/informative, although not catchy or intriguing. So I consider that a good title.

That said, I also understand that it is hard sometime to even start a new thread and it can be beyond one's energy to think of a descriptive title. When threads say "help", I am also more apt to click on them.

I think some of the most uninformative titles are the ones about online chats here. They say, "Chat tonight" and don't say what day it is. I have gone to chat and found out later the chat was a day or two before, LOL. To those who start threads advertising chats, I would suggest putting the date in your title. Sure, a person could click on the thread and read the date in the first post, but it's really just a courtesy to put it in your title so people don't have to do that extra sleuthing.