I just posted [this question here](https://superuser.com/questions/1240898/what-is-the-bad-horse-easter-egg?noredirect=1) to main - a moderator almost immediately voted to close it as off-topic. 

I've been around on here long enough to know that my question isn't a lone exception, and that both SU and SE have had their fair share of fun, on-topic questions, but even if that *wasn't* the case, why? I mean, I get why - *because the rules say so* - but I just fail to see the purpose of taking such a stringent interpretation of the rules.

It reminds me of MS' [archaic, overkill attitude to Easter eggs](https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/larryosterman/2005/10/21/why-no-easter-eggs/), but for a company whose userbase is primarily made up of non-technical, corporate users, their stance is at least justifiable. On a site where the vast majority of the userbase are technical users that enjoy the occasional laugh on a workday, I believe there's far more loss to be gained than there is benefit from taking such a hardline stance on this.