[diezge]

The problem is a lot of people misinterpret what StackOverflow is supposed to be - a repository of programming-related questions/answers that are useful to more than one person.

Most questions asked these days are duplicates, syntax errors or are answered in the relevant online documentation - I really think there should be online courses on 'How to find the right thing to search for' because it would help newbies so much, and prevent them from having to interact with the mean/rude side of StackOverflow (which is proving hard to get rid of despite all the initiatives).

[Piskvorrr]

Already done, and it's apparently RFC 1925 §6 - turtles all the way down. Now the problem is one level down the stack (pun not intended), with "newbies won't read http://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask and get offended when prompted" instead of "newbies don't know how to ask and get offended when prompted".