Forum users can be categorized into two groups: those who have read the documentation, and those who have not. The former ask fewer questions and are most likely to have answers to the second group's inevitable questions.
The posts that most pique my interest, and the reason I come here: when someone from Group A does ask a question. Those are the posts I pick out for reading. I admit it's for selfish reasons; it's because they are the most likely to yield new knowledge.
Answering Group B questions feels like I'm only enabling their laziness, like continuing to do laundry for your 18-year-old child.
The exception is genuine noob questions. Noobs get a pass, because everybody starts out at zero. But if you're still asking noob questions after 5 years, you're in Group B and it's time you learned how the washer and dryer work.