User created, original eyeball-benders. That's my one liner, what follows is an entire pocket's worth of change my interpretation of the situation and for if somehow you find xnor's reasoning unsound.

Why does the tag not exist? I was working on a 'question' but never finished it due to lack of pics and also became discouraged not finding the appropriate tag. My intent was to post one with a spoiled answer and have others 'answer' in the same format. No one would want to browse through wrong/un-answered eye-benders I'd guessed. I thought the SE format would give rise to some of the best user created content humanity has to offer; the same as the content on every other SE site.

The difference about SE is that the entire community (users and mods) won't put up with BS. I think the problem with Puzzling is that users and mods here are askew in their definitions of BS. That and both their interpretations of how this site should operate in general. I expect questions about how to make puzzles and solve them to be here but that is not why I come here.

When you click Ask Question:

Is your question about creation and solving of puzzles?

We prefer questions that can be answered, not just discussed.

How 'bout:

We prefer questions about the creation and solving of puzzles that can be answered, not just discussed. Original content is encouraged, however it should have only one discernible solution. (hint- good puzzle makers work backwards)

There is some good, (AFAIK) original content here. Using view counts to find the gems is less than efficient, though. Perhaps some new sort of permanent Featured assignment could be awarded by moderators to the posts that are of the utmost quality. "VIP" -very important post or very imponderable predicament.

My comment on Extremely concerned with Puzzling SE answer quality: (I have either missed your point entirely or this page is highly pertinent.)

Personally I give Puzzles a pass (no down voting for content) to not stem anyone's creativity. It is a new site, will not solve any real life problems and is just for fun. The accepted answer will never be (Yahoo'ed) overcome by it. I say this with the utmost objective sincerity: if you don't like having fun and cracking jokes don't go there; it deserves an atmosphere a little less than the ordinarily stifling SE sites.

If you replace 'knowledge' (in your text and the diagram) with 'entertaining original content' I see no problem. I like how SE works; "the good floats to the top". The voting system works fine. It seems to me that the puzzling community at large would agree with me but the moderators and site-wide SE aficionados think this site is somehow sullying all of Stack Exchange. If ever there was a serious question about puzzling I'd expect to find it here after being distracted by all the neat stuff we've come up with.

The problem is not the platform; it's the people on it. Especially the one's whose job it is to keep it level. I have no envy for moderators who disagree with and have watched users turn this site into what they want it to be. Puzzling SE has become a beast where TPTB are either incapable or unwilling to unanimously direct change; and that's just fine by me.

PS- disappointed realizing I was still reading the question and that it culminated in yet another question. I would enjoy your own answer and suggestions in the same eloquence, yet it doesn't sound like it would be on a positive note for the site...

I get the feeling some of the mods here are in need of a life line. My winter-hat's off to you for for at least bothering to ask, hey guys, what's going on here?