I can understand where you are coming from in your post. I'm not a "newbie" but you'd never know that by the number of posts I have...LOL! I do a ton of reading, I look at all the beautiful yorkie pictures, but I don't always post and have never been made to feel here that I had to post on each and every thread I view. I have used the search button when it was something in particular I was looking for but I do enjoy scrolling through the hundreds of pages here just looking at things discussed several months ago - searching that way for me, is a lot more interesting and fun (yes, it is the LONG way to go about searching for an answer or topic) but by doing it this way, I might just find something else of interest. I could start a new thread but I choose not to - but that's my choice to search before just starting a thread.
A lot of the newcomers, as others have stated, are probably wanting an answer as soon as they can get one - especially if their furbaby is sick. I remember when I had my first yorkie, everytime she sneezed I called the vet! There was no forum or website like this over 18 years ago for me to go to for information (heck, I didn't even have a computer then!!) and I was a nervous wreck despite all the research I had done before getting her. So when I see repetitive posts over and over and over again, I think back to when I got my first yorkie and remember how I felt - then I either skip the post altogether, read it but don't reply, or offer any suggestions/advice based on my own experiences with yorkies.
The one and only problem I have with some of the posters on this site are those that come on here with sick/injured/missing furbabies and then NEVER give us updates! The one piece of advice I would offer to any newcomer to this site is if you ask for help/advice with a sick puppy, please be courteous and thoughtful enough to come back and let us know what happened with your baby. Each and every single one of us is here for one reason, and one reason only - our absolute love and adoration for the yorkie breed. We love them all whether they reside at our home or yours so please, if you're gonna share your concerns, share the outcome - don't leave us "hanging".
Okay, climbing down off my soapbox and going back to lurker mode
Suzi