Yes, this is a problem
But I think it is only one visible aspect of a much wider problem.
We don't have many active high-rep users. Lucky and Carey are the only ones I see around often.
Many visitors to this site are newbies and never return - they don't actually accept answers. This is turning people down, presumably. Also, this means that there is no solid base of active users willing to provide good answers.
Most questions are uninteresting. To me it feels like every second question I face is about personal diagnosis, or at least comes very close. The other half is about dietary recommendations, and I'm not really into food science. Therefore, there are not many questions I'm willing to write an answer on. Additionally, only high-rep users can close a question or accept edits, and as there are not many of them, this also takes ages.
Solutions
I'm open for solutions, as I couldn't think of any myself.