[obviouslynotme]

Stack Overflow is not actually a Q&A site. It is a repository. It is designed so that if you search for a question, you find a good question with one or more good answers. In order to perform this mission, duplicates are removed and a baseline quality is expected.

SO has been around for a long time. The likelihood that you have run into a new issue is quite low at this point. The biggest downvote avalanches come from people trying to close the many, many duplicates posted by people who don't put in the effort to search for similar questions. That being said, I have seen this being abused before as well. It is a real problem. There should be some sort of appeal for closing that comes with consequences for either the OP or the people who voted to close.

When you do find a new problem, it is likely complex and demands effort to understand. You are expected to put in at least as much effort into presenting this question as someone will put forth trying to understand it. People are far more likely to upvote questions where it is obvious that the OP put real effort into solving the issue before asking the question. This includes making your question readable. Formatting counts.