rizlared: I think its part of the original poster's responsibility to make sure that they reply to posts made by the less frequent poster, to include them into the conversation, it will encourage more posts and help to make the poster feel more included in the thread.JMO
This one is tough.
Some of us that have been here a while have seen it many times..
Trouble makers and the 2 faced dishonest people make 2 or more profiles/user names just to fight or disguise who they are...
So it becomes very hard to know who is real and who isnt...
I faced the same distrust when I first joined here and I got attacked.
Best thing for a newbie is to hang in there long enough to show who you really are.
put in the effort to make friends.. not just automatically expect everyone to be a friend.