I agree 100% for duplication questions. I don't have a problem with the asker getting a little spanking if they didn't bother to do any research or put in any

I agree 100% for duplication questions. I don't have a problem with the asker getting a little spanking if they didn't bother to do any research or put in any effort whatsoever. As for "simple" questions, to me it seems all just relative. Basically, as long as it isn't a dup then I don't mind it being there. In some ways stack exchange has evolved to become a code snippet library. I guess I can see why some people might not like it, but it has helped me many, many times.