Default Email Notifications & Thread Subscriptions for New Members

[pjmoreland]

I have noticed that new members have a tendency to create new threads and then they are slow to get back on there to reply to responses people post. I'm wondering if this occurs because the default settings for a new account have automatic subscriptions turned off. I'm also wondering if the same thing applies to private message email notifications for new accounts. It might make it easier for new members to interact with other members if automatic thread subscriptions and PM email notifications were enabled by default.