I've found that SO is great for questions that aren't too basic, but aren't too hard either. Overly basic questions get downvoted. Really hard questions don't

I've found that SO is great for questions that aren't too basic, but aren't too hard either. Overly basic questions get downvoted. Really hard questions don't get answered (not in the Spark niche at least). Questions that people with 2-4 years of experience ask seem to be the bread & butter of SO.