The problem, and I'm personally guilty of this as well, is that sometimes you have a small quick problem and you're stuck. You quickly whip up some text and pos

The problem, and I'm personally guilty of this as well, is that sometimes you have a small quick problem and you're stuck. You quickly whip up some text and post it to stackoverflow. Then you get aweful reactions because you didn't put enough effort in your question and SO isn't going to make your homework. The point is that a lot of people have quick and dirty questions and don't need a full answer of half a page. All they need is a push in the right direction but SO is exactly not what that is about. SO is a site for detailed questions with detailed and high-quality answers. The point is that there are a lot of "low-hanging" fruit questions and SO is the best place to go, alhtough it is not meant for that. There should be like a StackOverflow for "bad" questions. If someone asks "How do I append to a list in python?" it wouldn't be closed but someone could just comment "read the #$# manual (link to docs here)".