There is no algorithm for the forums, its quite literally talk about something interesting and someone will talk to you about it, if you are just farming engagement people will grow bored and then you achieve the screenshot in the OP. Yet again you started your response by arguing with me about what works here, I've been a member of this site for 14 years as of tomorrow, maybe stop arguing with people if you want people to actually talk to you, maybe actually have a conversation instead of engagement farming. This isnt youtube where you live or die by the algorithm, you get popular by making/posting people like and people interacting organically. People make the comments, not some math equation, if you want comments pander to the people, not math on some other site.