Without questions, there would be no starting point for answers. Good questions can generate more interesting responses and better responses. A lot of people don’t put in enough detail for people to provide anything other than the most general of responses. Some have argued that the questions are more important than the answers, and therefore should be encouraged by offering them more lurve (sorry—can’t find the link right now).
In any case, some people try really hard to compose questions that they think the community will really get into. They see this as a service to the community, although, technically speaking, it’s against the spirit of the place. We’re supposed to only ask questions we really want to know the answers to, and creating questions for the community (but not for yourself) is kind of like doing questions “on spec.” I’m not sure how many people do this kind of question asking, though.
Anyway, good questions should be encouraged, and lurving them does provide that encouragement. It is not so much fun here when people keep on asking boring and/or stupid questions. It’s not as much fun when different people ask the same questions that we’ve seen over and over.
Personally, I think that people who ask good questions should get more recognition, but then I’m probably biased. I’m one of those who tries to ask good questions. In any case, that’s my point of view. I’m sure others will have different opinions. They usually do.