[saulr]

It's not against the rules to answer your own question, as far as I'm aware. If the question is one that other users may ask, and you have an answer, I don't see what's wrong with posting questions and immediately answering them.

[medmunds]

There's even a badge for answering your own question ("self learner"), if your answer is a good one. http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/12519

[nevir]

It's encouraged, even

[twic]

Can I answer my own question?

Yes! Stack Exchange has always explicitly encouraged users to answer their own questions. If you have a question that you already know the answer to, and you would like to document that knowledge in public so that others (including yourself) can find it later, it's perfectly okay to ask and answer your own question on a Stack Exchange site.

http://stackoverflow.com/help/self-answer

[tonyle]

To expand, I don't see anything wrong with the joke question, I just think they both fall in the same category.

The user created the question and answered it immediately with a link to his goto library.

The issue is not answering your own question, but more about posting your own question to answer.

Suppose everyone who creates a startup, posts a question & answer to advertise their own project.