Why are some questions not being answered?

I recently returned to Fluther. I have had an on and off relationship with Fluther due to disagreements with other members, standing up for myself against bullies, cliques and moderators, failure to understand the (at times ridiculous) moderating system, frustration with the pointless strict writing guidelines (I am a linguist and a teacher)…you name it, the list is long. Every time I come back, I am hoping to find what I’m looking for, but that never really happens, and this time doesn’t seem to be different, even when I make a point to ask only in the general section to get straight answers.
Since I am on vacation and have a little extra time on my hands, I am trying to take care of certain domestic stuff that I don’t usually have time for during the school year.
I notice that most of the questions I post here have very few responses and therefore, I am not really getting the help that I need and find myself back to square one going to other fora to try to get answers (that means I have to post the same question twice, which is time consuming and doesn’t seem very practical). I am certainly a fan of good, deep discussions and exchanging opinions on relevant topics in education, psychology, life, etc. but, I also have a lot of everyday decisions that I have a problem with due to lack of knowledge or information, and I’d like to hear other people’s expertise, opinions, thoughts and ideas on the matter. Based on the limited responses, I feel that my questions (and other people’s questions) are not getting the attention they deserve. I am not complaining as such, just expressing a fact that I have come to realize.
I also notice that the same members are answering most of the questions. I have some ideas to explain the issue: it seems Fluther has very slow traffic in general and the daily active members are usually the same people. It could also be that part of those active members favor certain topics, and that there aren’t enough active members to contribute with answers in a wider variety of topics or in topics like technology.
What do you think?