[Tyr42]

I find that half the time I start typing up a question for SO I answer it myself.

I'll imagine someone trying to answer it, but asking if I checked site Y on the topic first, so I'll make sure to add "Site Y only says <blah>" to my question. Only once I have added proof that it's not a trivial mistake on my part would I actually post the question, but sometimes I find out what was causing the problem in the first place.

Or maybe I'll be trying to reduce the problem to a minimal C file and the invocation of gcc that causes the error. And in doing so I'll realize what's wrong.

So I don't think it's a bad thing to get people to go over the question a few times before asking, and try and make it as easy as possible to answer the question.