I’m like this. I’d rather talk to someone about things than look them up. It’s ok if people don’t have time for it, but people who snarkily tell you to “just Google it” are just being rude and missing the point. Obviously I could just Google it, but I’d rather talk to someone about it. That’s why I asked.
Majority of people don’t have this mindset and just want to be spoon fed answers without doing a shred of work themselves.
People don’t properly phrase their question to give the impression you’d want a conversation and instead ask basic questions, don’t reply when they get replies and never engage with the community.
Provide your knowledge and steps you did to get there and ways it stopped working, steps you’ve tried to resolve…then inquire. People skip all that and just inquire.
Context is very much key, too. Asking “How do I [do this thing that is well documented]?” on a forum just comes across as lazy and wanting information spoon fed. Asking the same question in a Discord server of friends seems more like looking for connection and the personal experiences of the firends.
I’m pretty big on spending, say, 100 seconds on Google when I see something interesting come up on Lemmy or in a group chat or something. I often find a snippet or a photo I can reply with, and from there I might ask a question that digs deeper. I might be able to do more research to answer the further question myself, but at that point I’ve shown some interest and further discussion may seem less burdensome since at least the person doesn’t have to paraphrase the first sentence of the relevant Wikipedia article.
I’m like this. I’d rather talk to someone about things than look them up. It’s ok if people don’t have time for it, but people who snarkily tell you to “just Google it” are just being rude and missing the point. Obviously I could just Google it, but I’d rather talk to someone about it. That’s why I asked.
Majority of people don’t have this mindset and just want to be spoon fed answers without doing a shred of work themselves.
People don’t properly phrase their question to give the impression you’d want a conversation and instead ask basic questions, don’t reply when they get replies and never engage with the community.
Provide your knowledge and steps you did to get there and ways it stopped working, steps you’ve tried to resolve…then inquire. People skip all that and just inquire.
Context is very much key, too. Asking “How do I [do this thing that is well documented]?” on a forum just comes across as lazy and wanting information spoon fed. Asking the same question in a Discord server of friends seems more like looking for connection and the personal experiences of the firends.
Yeah think we’re on the same page!
In the context of online discussions:
I’m pretty big on spending, say, 100 seconds on Google when I see something interesting come up on Lemmy or in a group chat or something. I often find a snippet or a photo I can reply with, and from there I might ask a question that digs deeper. I might be able to do more research to answer the further question myself, but at that point I’ve shown some interest and further discussion may seem less burdensome since at least the person doesn’t have to paraphrase the first sentence of the relevant Wikipedia article.