[Shoothe]

> The larger issue, I think, is that most open questions now are either of the "How do I do obscure thing X in framework Y under rare condition Z" variety, or beginner "Please do my homework" or "I have a bunch of things in my array it's not printing" sorts of questions.

I think it's due to the fact that the questions "in the middle" are already answered and people find them through searching. No need to and again. Only beginners (that can't search effectively) post on SO or people having rare edge cases (for which asking in SO is a last resort).