I hate to say, but I don't think this is the best place to be if you're intending to make meaningful connections with other people. It's sad, because it's a great place for peer support, but there are just so many users all kind of screaming into the void at the same time, many of whom seem to have some pretty serious issues with relationship-building to start, plus there's the whole, y'know, high likelihood of us all offing ourselves - you can't really blame people for being hesitant to becoming everyone else's best buddy when so-and-so might kill themself next week.
Of course this kinda stuff can be hard to accept and remember if you have no one or nowhere else to go to. I currently rely on this forum far too much because of how socially isolated I am, but I try to spend my time and effort engaging with others meaningful and creating interesting content. Will I be remembered, or thought of when others bite the dust? I have no idea, but at least I can sometimes vent, or get into a flow state and forget about all the bullshit of life.