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Should we be more enthusiastically asking questions to build content on here?

Over many years of using messageboards, forums and reddit, I've had the 'search, don't ask' ethos drilled into me, the idea being that creating new threads to ask simple questions is a bad thing because it decreases the signal-to-noise ratio of content.... #AskKbin

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Should we be more enthusiastically asking questions to build content on here? - Ask Kbin - kbin.social

Over many years of using messageboards, forums and reddit, I've had the 'search, don't ask' ethos drilled into me, the idea being that creating new threads to ask simple questions is a bad thing because it decreases the signal-to-noise ratio of content....

Jul 2, 2023 at 11:49amWeb
Show threadXylarthenJul 2, 2023

Yes.

New rule I have adopted - going forward, any time I struggle to find good search results on something and find myself wanting to append "reddit" onto the query, I will instead be creating the thread on an applicable forum on a federated site. I recommend others do the same.

It may not give me the immediate answer I'm looking for, but with a bit of patience we can hopefully rebuild a library of knowledge in a more stable way, not vulnerable to the whims of corporate profit.

Show threadartillectJul 2, 2023
That's a great idea! I've kept adding reddit to my queries (because it works), but I need to change that
Show threadvictronJul 2, 2023
The content is not indexed. Search functions still have some way to go. Also, it's possible for it to fill with garbage content just for the sake of it.