Less and less SE interaction with forums community over time

[kaynide]

I guess that's the main problem.
They just can't say anything about the regular topic's because some people will think that it is a confirmation and will become mad when it doesn't happen.

The mod in the German Forum is just writing in the "off topic" thread and only about trivial stuff.
But that small interaction is enough to let us know that they are at least watch in the forum.

This is probably the way to go. Just short responses to the “show your au ra” or whatever threads to say “oh that’s cute” or “nice submission, thank you!”. No actual engagement or explanations in thread debates, but just enough to show they are there.