In my opinion (don't bash me for this), but sometimes I feel kinda like an outsider because I'm newer as well. It's my opinion and I could care less, but you do tend to notice all the same people posting to the same people's threads or the same few posting to my threads. A few times I have even posted something in peoples threads advice or anything and I go back to see if they have said anything else and a person below me has said the exact same thing and they're like oh thanks for the advice _____
at one point I checked to make sure my posts were actually showing up I felt invisable. Sometimes I feel like oldies would rather stick with oldies and I'm not saying they are rude or anything they just don't acknowledge you as much and thats fine for me, but I can see why people would take offense to it. I also believe that sometimes I go to post something like about what my dog did and I change my mind because i'm afraid to hear everyones opinions and am second guessing myself. Another thing I've noticed is a lot of negative threads. This place is supposed to make people feel comfortable not bad about themselves. There are probably always going to be "trolls" and there will always be new people joining so instead of always being upset that old people have left why not make new friends and try your best to make this place as great as it "used" to be like you say. I'm not just saying all this to get a "pat on the head" to feel welcome like I say I will post no matter what, but I just wanted to let you see it from another point of view. We all have one thing in common, we love our pets and thats why we are here. I hope no one gets upset with what I've written I'm not so sure if I have many friends here anyways, but I enjoy reading all your posts and writing mine.