@atomicpoet That worked up until this year. The problem is that now, more and more, Google returns junk. (And so do other search enginges — it's not just a problem with Google.)
More and more, I find myself wanting to ask my questions of an actual human, because I can't trust the internet at all.
@atomicpoet I agree that you shouldn't demand people's time and energy for nothing, but there are lots of ways to "pay" — the most obvious being the "karma" or "favor" system that has always existed informally for many people, and has been formalized on some internet platforms. You can also get a surprising amount of mileage out of just having a social norm of trying to answer at least as many questions as you ask (regardless of whether those answers are to the same people).
@kechpaja Most of the time I’ve answered a question, I don’t t even get an acknowledgment. For all I know, they asked the question, logged out, and never saw my response. It’s a lot of work with minimal pay-off.
@atomicpoet@kechpaja Yeah, that happens and if you made an effort to actually solve the issue by answering and there's not even a "like", it's very annoying for the reason you said.
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