Yes, the Volunteer Moderators (who, for those who don’t know this, are just regualar users and not Microsoft Employees) do read a lot (but not all) of the posts in the forum.
The Community Managers (who are Microsoft Employees) are also reading the posts - and you can see all their posts at any time too, by clicking on the …More option in the left hand pane & clicking Admin posts:
Plus, the developers are very attentively reading the SU5.1 posts as well:
Also, w.r.t. your comment:
Can you point me to the post that says this, please. - Thanks!