@4jesus1 It very much is. A common thing I see, not just in the survey responses but in general, is that TFAB doesn't seem to be for people who haven't been trying long. This isn't true, but I can see why the perception exists. In
any community, people who have been around for a while are going to be more visible and known. More people in early cycles tend to be casual posters or lurkers, or they get their BFPs quickly and move on. They may not be at a stage yet where they feel that the support of a community like this is necessary.
Related, but grads who stick around tend to also be ones who were around for longer. Someone who conceives in two or three cycles is likely to jump right over to babybumps and not give this place a second thought - TTC was a temporary stage that they're done with. Whereas someone who took six or eight or ten or sixteen cycles to conceive is far more likely to hang around - they've connected with the community, and likely have been through enough crap with TTC that they have a lot of knowledge and advice to give.
This is, ultimately, a community for information, learning, and support, and the more you put in, the more you get out of it. That's part of why the recent spate of endless standalones is such a contentious issue - they are overwhelmingly from people who do not participate in the sub in any other way, and want support without giving any in return. It's essentially being an emotional vampire.
It's also worth noting that during the last mod elections, we specifically put out a call for newer members who were in lower cycles to put themselves forward. Not many did. The case really is that a lot of people come here only expecting to be here a couple months, and by and large don't start to really connect with the community until they hit that moment of "shit, maybe this isn't so easy". For some people that hits at cycle 2. For others, they never reach that point.
We also tend to prefer science and evidence-based practices over old wives tales, superstition, and confirmation bias. This can be something of a culture shock to new members who are expecting a babycenter-like attitude. Which, fair. But tbh, pretty much every other TTC board on the internet is like that. This is the one corner that isn't. TFAB is for everyone trying, but that doesn't mean it's the ideal fit for every single person. If someone is a b*by d*st thrower who thinks they can perfectly plan when they get pregnant and tells people to just relaaaaax...this probably isn't the community for them. And that's okay.