The first page can only hold so many threads. Many of the best threads will get responses over the first few days to keep them towards the top of the list, but you are right there are a lot of gems that get lost because so much material is being posted. That's actually on of the reason we started the new "Ladies of OCC" forum. We wanted to make sure those threads featuring our very own members don't get lost in the shuffle.
Sorry I can't offer a real solution. We've just got too much quality porn on our hands...
Thanks,