Yes I feel you! I have been doing it myself aswell lately so I can’t really judge. I do feel for the people who have like 95% good posts and only comment from time to time. Those people (like you) will eventually lose their top 10 spot on forum post count due to thread spammers etc.
I mean part of it for me is I just enjoy seeing the forums being used. Only 4-5 months ago I think there was 3-4 users with over a thousand posts. In saying that I think quality > quantity is definitely my objective and also a lot of my posts would be on staff applications as well.
I think it is an interesting conversation to have, of course I value quality but I guess we may have different thoughts on quality.
I think being socially active in games is important- but I also think ONLY spam posting devalues it. Even thought strong content that evokes conversation is important to a strong forums- I also personally value the fun goofy side as it allowed more types of personalities to be present on the platform