How I decide if my question is successful

Well, here goes my first Mytake.

Sometimes I see questions like "how do you write good questions on here?" and then I thought about the type of questions that I've written myself and what was my intention behind them.

I noticed a pattern (and maybe you have too with your own) about my questions and that they can be split up into two types... for the most part.

1 - The questions I want answered. Usually very specific about something and not quite as relatable. Think "do you like this band?". So I'll only get a few answers because not everyone will care about that particular band. Which is successful to me because that's all I needed is just a few opinions.

2 - The questions I want to answer. I don't think it's any secret that people love to talk about their favorite music so if I ask "what's your favorite band?" then it'll attract a lot more attention because it's more general. I just think of myself as the one answering because I love to give that sort of info.

Either of these approaches could be considered for any category.

Maybe this advice is obvious but I just thought I'd share it anyways. Hopefully some one found it useful. If not then this is just my guinea pig of a test Mytake.

Thanks for reading.