See, it's questions like this one that probably make you think older members attack newer ones, because my answer to it would be "Who the hell comes to a forum and asks the members what or how to post?". You're not the first person to ask those questions and similar ones, and they always lead me to the conclusion that people come here not out of interest in bitcoin but because they've heard through the grapevine that there are these things called signature campaigns and bounties.
Let's be honest, OP. From what you've shown here, you obviously don't intend to put much effort into whatever you write and I doubt your writing skills are sufficient to attract the attention of members with merits to give. Thus you'll be frustrated and stuck that you haven't ranked up, just like thousands of other accounts that are no longer active.
This is serious I must say, you're correct to ask that question. I see no reason why anyone would come here and start asking what should I post and all that. Is best you ask reasonable questions that would make members talk more about your post instead of giving us dying questions. If I'm the OP I'd rather do something that would earn me recognition (members don't really care about that, I think) then the merit will follow. I must confess, the campaign stuff you said is something that even motivate members the more to come here and post too. And I see that such questions are the reason why some higher ranked members do get angry by using harsh words on some newbies, I equally don't blame them. @The Sceptical Chymist don't give up on the OP yet, with time I think he'd do better.
If you didn't get referred here, may I ask why you joined bitcointalk?
This question is the type that needs answers, he might be referred by someone but his mindset could be on something different from what we're expecting.