I understand that the "rate my...whatever" threads are a way of drawing attention to yourself, but they tend to be ridiculed by other folks who post in the forum. Besides, the comments that aren't sarcastic are based on an arbitrary scale, so they don't really MEAN anything. You don't want a RATING, you just want to be NOTICED. So, why not try this:

Start a thread that says "Hi, I am [your user name here]. It would be great if you stopped by my page to say HELLO".

That makes you sound friendly and much less needy. If people DO stop by your page, make sure that you do the same for them. That's only polite!

(Regardless, I STILL reserve the right to make fun of you. That's kinda my THING.)