**What is the general point of view of the mathematical community about MO ?**

The community I am going to talk about is just a handful of mathematician colleagues of mine whom I was talking with today about a "[simple][1]" mathematical problem.  I think it is worth hearing. 

We tried to solve the problem and we failed. I suggested: okay, I'll ask the question on MO. Their reaction was telling: **"What if the question is so simple?**" Somehow, they was afraid of asking a probably "simple" though for us a genuine question on MO. It is interesting that It was me who was at danger of losing reputation!! I don't know how this **fear of MO** is general, but I think MO should encourage genuine questions more. Although, I don't know how.  


  [1]: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/142415/is-there-any-monoid-in-which-the-product-of-two-non-invertible-elements-could-be