To illustrate the point I was trying to make.... I went into 2 threads today that I thought I could offer some assistance. They were posted by relative newbies - and I went to check their posting history and both only posted in these deals threads.

I closed the threads without replying. I suspect many others are also doing the same because I've noticed a lack of responses when the question is so basic that only someone who doesn't bother to read any other forums/threads besides the gimmes would know the answer.