[einpoklum]

> For finding answers, Stack Overflow may be useful, but for posting questions, it is not.

That is mostly as it should be. The primary original intent of StackOverflow is to curate a good Q&A, not to provide an interactive support/mentoring service. Questions are (supposed to be) evaluated by what they add to the repository of questions and answers.

That being said - there has certainly been a culture of harshness in relating to newbie question askers on large parts of the SO.