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.

  • Whaler_Shaver@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Yeah it’s kind if strange behaviour to be on a discussion board and only contribute by killing the discussions by pointing to Google.

    I get that people get annoyed by low effort posts and people’s general inabilty to find information independently. But there are better ways…

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      1 year ago

      Especially since that discussion might be found later via Google as well. It’s more helpful to say that you looked it up via a specific search and give a couple of the results. That way it’s not a dead end and the person hopefully learns how to help themselves in the future by example.