hegatherhohrnwsNov 14, 2024
PSA: You're not allowed to mock people for asking a question instead of using Google now. Maybe they want a quick and correct answer, you know?
Show threadhegatherhohrnwsNov 14, 2024

It was always snotty and crummy to be like "why don't you just google it????"

Like i dunno because we're a social species and need to reach out and interact sometimes. Sometimes you want to ask a person

Show threadFlesh 🐀 
@heatherhorns_lite To me, asking people is like a filter.
Google will give me an assortment of answers mostly filtering for links.
A person has unique perspectives, preferences and a chance to know things I wouldn't be able to look up on my own.
Granted, not *every* person's input is gonna be better than judging the search results on my own, but at least each person can provide a reason for it and the good answers will be from people who actually know the topic and not just a graph algorithm.
Nov 15, 2024 at 3:02pmWeb
Show threadIrinaNov 16, 2024
@flesh @heatherhorns_lite I wanted to know the weather in Prague in November 1935 for a story and asked in a chatroom full of historians. One of whom actually had the resources and sent me a PDF! Probably couldn't have found that by myself.