I see a 2x2 in the pattern of questions and responses.

Simple question, simple answer. Only arises to the level of intention if an idiot or a very motivated argumentative person wants to use it for something that isn't really about the original question.

Complicated question, simple answer. Everyone loves these, they make dumb people feel like they're smarter than they are.

Complicated question, complicated answer. Self limiting in the effort of the people willing to engage with it.

Simple question, complicated answer. Here is where all the problems are. Even though a satisfactory answer exists the question recurs perennially because the people who ask it haven't read any of the other long responses. People's misperceptions about it go in many directions meaning that the path to gaining understanding is idiosyncratic and a person capable of understanding the answer has to hand hold arguers through the inferences necessary. Even if such a person decides to do this, they will eventually get fed up and leave. This will be taken by people as evidence that the question does not have a good answer.

I've participated a bit in the Change My View subreddit, both asking and answering questions, and found it very rewarding to change someones mind and have my mind changed. I've found that the type of thinking I've learned in the rationality, post-rationality, and EA communities have allowed me to engage there with a clarity of thought that's rate.