There are no special practices in the forum, rather than keeping your account active and stick with the forum rules. Don't force yourself to quickly participate just to connect with the forum people, take your time to study and explore the forum instead. If you do it consistently, with passion and patience, connecting to the forum members will be easy then as they will also notice and acknowledge you in return.
Yeah. that way, it’s a lot more easier to make and build a reputation on the forum. This forum is all about building a reputation, people in the community recognizing and acknowledging you for what you’ve got to offer or what you’re offering/contributing for the betterment and growth of the community. Majority, in fact all of the reputable members of this community who are famous and known across the forum all have one thing or another that they are currently passionately committed to and contributing here. So a pretty easy way for anyone including the newbies to grow and gain reputation is to look for what the forum lacks and then look for a way to give it. Yeah and of course very important to adhere to the forum rules too.