I would say it's the latter. A majority of questions that I've found on SO that helped me solve a problem or answer a question have been marked as non-construct

I would say it's the latter. A majority of questions that I've found on SO that helped me solve a problem or answer a question have been marked as non-constructive. I don't know why people would do that from a logical perspective, but I can see how having the ability to moderate discussion would make one overzealous with this sort of thing.