I’ve always been a “lurker” on all platforms and communities because when I do have a question or would like to contribute my first thought has become:

Actually, let me google it first

In which case I’ll usually have some answer. Usually it isn’t a complete answer but enough for me to not want to share my question anymore.

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    1 year ago

    My favorite is when I would use a google search for something, and several of the top results would be posts detailing the exact question I have, with the only responses being “just google it” and the post locked/closed to further responses.

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      1 year ago

      Interesting, I’ve never seen that. The opposite happens quite often, though; the question is the same as mine and there’s 5 other people in the comments also not finding an answer.

      Maybe I’m just Googling for too many obscure missing .dll files and such.

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        1 year ago

        same for me, google filter sucks sometimes… or those sites who had the answers is down 🫠

        i always search before askin’ in a forum… maybe i just didn’t know how to search it? let it be because my native language doesn’t have the answers on google?

        so how am i supposed to know what i should search for as a non native english speaker on english? and a few more reasons ofc 😅 (applies if u still learn english)

        so it is quite disappointing if i get a answer and realize… oh it is just a… “google has the answer” answer… well how about f u self? it’s even better if u try to explain that u already did and how u did it… and get another reply like, “uninstall your browser, the web isn’t for you” or some type of shi*… yes that’s something that happened 🤐

        is it that hard to take those few seconds you had to comment for and help me to answer the question if you seem to know “everything”???