We can likely learn much about the art of initiating conversations by observing how experienced publishers do it. Notice how they avoid the appearance of interrogating or prying.
وَإِنْ كَانَ يُصْغِي إِلَى بَعْضِهَا فَقَطْ ،‏ فَمَا عَسَاهُمْ يَفْعَلُونَ كَيْ يَسْمَعَ صَلَوَاتِهِمْ ؟‏