What does it take to get a response?

I have been using wordpress for a while now and always contribute answers when I know the answer to peoples issues. I never seem to get any help myself though. What does it take to get a little input on the wordpress forums? Its not like I am asking anything really really hard or anything just simple stuff but NO ONE EVER answers my posts, I wonder if they are even getting posted. Anyway, any help on getting better responses would be great let me know what you guys do for responses.