Yes you might be right about new not receiving as many replies as established members. As a frog of little brain, I think it's human nature to gravitate towards the known versus unknown.

However it isn't just new members that get what you might consider the "cold shoulder". It happens also when an established member posts to a new forum for the first time. While many members post in more than one forum, some are more focused only posting is a specific area ie. anxiety.

Should an individual post in say depression when they have only posted in anxiety they might not receive the response they were expecting. It isn't that they are new to PC but new to that forum.

Also some forums are just much more "chatty" that others.

As resident expert of absolutely nothing, this frog of little brain will shut up now.