It is clear that the signal to noise ratio of the WWW is getting worse. It’s much harder to find good content when using a good old search engine. And if it’s good it is usually hosted on Reddit or Stackexchange.

So remember, even if it’s easy too Google something (well, it isn’t nowadays), we want to create a fediverse of good content that helps people (I hope). So, it’s always better to write a real answer if you have the time and energy. Please help boost the SNR and reverse the AI fueled information degradation loop.

  • @[email protected]
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    4911 hours ago

    The only thing worse than someone saying just Google it is an op replying to their own post saying, never mind fixed it! (Without actually saying the solution).

    • @douglasg14b
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      36 hours ago

      No I think someone saying Google it is still worse.

      The former is being intentionally unhelpful.

      Your example is being unintentionally unhelpful.

      Intentional malicious behavior is far worse than negligence.

    • Ech
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      2510 hours ago

      “What did you see, DenverCoder9?!?!”