This post is mainly for newbies, but I guess older members can take the advice too.
Don't just create a topic for creating's sake; create it because you want to learn/know something, or you're passing on information or news.
Most times, I see topics by lower-ranking members about something they don't understand, and there will be answers and solutions to that problem in the comments, but there is no follow-up reply by the OP. It leaves me wondering if the person actually reads the replies to their posts. When you read the replies, you will learn more or have more questions.
This is a discussion forum, and the only way you can learn is by discussing. Just dropping a topic and not reading to see what people are discussing on the topic doesn't make sense. Make use of the Telegram bot or any other ways to keep track of replies to your topics and posts, interact, and not just drop topics and forget about them.
It is good to discuss along with other members on the thread you create. Creating the thread and leaving it will not benefit you unless you only want to create the thread to complete your post quota. By the way some people create a thread and don't discuss on it but they always read people's opinions on their thread, they just reply to few or don't reply at all but they never fails to read the comments. Only someone who do not have any reason to create a thread will bother not to read and or to interact with other on the thread. It is more important to read the response (the comments) on the post because that will help you learn things which you do not know.