Hey @calm-grass-85557, if I can be honest, any connection between people will definitely need some kind of interaction. Also, there are lots of types of people โ some would not like to interact at all, etc.
The only other way (probably) for people to find out others is if you have some directory of some sorts. Or even your slack profiles can have more fields โ but not sure if you can search in them.
The magic of the internet and close knitted communities such like these are that even introverted folks (like myself), can express and share stuff.
So, I donโt know really. Apart from a directory of sorts โ and your featured blog story, not sure how else we could help people be discoverable.