[bombcar]

The problem isn't the people asking questions, there will always be an infinite number of those.

It's the moderation scaring away the people who answer questions. Just because they haven't shooed away everyone doesn't mean they haven't had an impact.

I know that I no longer browse relevant SO topics "for fun" anymore.

[wizzwizz4]

Funny, it's the lack of moderation that scared me away from answering. (And I say that as someone who's… kinda been scared away from asking by excessive moderation.) It's the age-old question: how can Stack Overflow be all these different things to all these different people, simultaneously?

[bombcar]

It's an incredibly difficult problem, and it's a people problem - as so many companies find out; they're solving people problems and the technology is really a side-note.

(This is the real answer to the "why does tech company X have so many employees" question)

[corethree]

Don't be scared of moderation. Just ask the question. If it gets shut down, you can ask again via copy+paste. Just edit the question slightly so it doesn't piss someone else off.