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Idk anything about Linux forums, but as far as forums in general:
This is legitimately my husband's favorite thing to do. He's not into Linux, he's into garden tractors and mowers, but he loves the enthusiast forums and Facebook groups he's in and is very active.
Generally, he loves helping people who want to learn, and specifically, he is nuts about helping people learn to care for their machines and save them from the junkyard. He will spend hours on the phone and days over email helping people troubleshoot things, purely for the joy of helping.
And when he's not helping somebody, he's talking to other tractor nerds about how cool their tractors are and how best to take care of them! ๐๐ฅฐ
So yes, there are people who like to hang around to give help, some people just really, really, really love to help.