Beyond direct manipulation, responsa consists of answers to our questions, so WYAISWYG (what you ask is what you get).
I learned this accidently: my Teacher gave a class on Jewish business ethics and, inter alia, commented that responsa in Poland was full of ethical questions, but gradually ethical questions disapparede and only questions of pots & pans kashrus remained.
I commented after the class: “so it is _your_ fault” [ i.e. Rabbis’ fault that ethics is not discussed enough], and got immediate response:
” No, it is _your_ fault” [ that is, you people should be asking better questions, then we will be answering them!]
So, any time you post on YWN, think that it might influence what the poskim of this generation will be writing about [and poskim of next generation will be learning]