Yeah, the moderation there needs improvement. When ever I use it I almost have to spend as much time preempting invalid attempts to close my question as I do actually asking it.

Then there's also the conceit that SO has hit upon a definition of what a good technical question is (or, more specifically, what isn't a valuable technical question), and they stick to it despite any evidence to the contrary. I've seen questions that fail their over-restrictive criteria that have far better answers than many that do.