Also, there’s no reason to create topics just for the sake of doing so. It’s not like the forum is going to die if there are fewer new topics during a lull. If anything, posting “just because” is more likely to disinterest people than a period a relative quiet.
Most of my time here is replying, and I only create a new thread when it doesn’t exist, like with the recent MST3K Serials one. Feeling compelled to create new threads willy-nilly seems to speak to something else other than a desire to be part of the community.