The reputation might be a sort inverse filter: thousands of people participate in the programming jokes questions whereas even perfect answers to questions like "Under conditions X, Y, Z how can my foo do bar?" are unlikely to get much love.
It's those hard questions I love StackOverflow for (and there's no rush of people sniping them).
It's those hard questions I love StackOverflow for (and there's no rush of people sniping them).