I was just thinking about this, when I’m facing an issue, the first thing I do is go to a search engine and usually there’s a Reddit post. But I don’t want to ask there. And the only way we’re going to build up the info for folks to find us and come here is for us to just start asking here. On the Fediverse. We need to build up that mountain of knowledge that Reddit has and will always have. So we should be championing ANYONE asking questions here. Even if we think it’s obvious and we think you can just Google it. There was a time where you literally couldn’t just Google it. That was built over time. We need to build that here. So start asking your questions here! Find the answers and then post your answer to your own question. Or let someone do it for you. We need to build the knowledge here to be found. It’s not just about people looking for alternatives. We need our knowledge to be more valuable than their knowledge.

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      23 hours ago

      What’s quicker: searching bad info sources online or searching better info sources at the library?

      Also OP didn’t say it had to be quick

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        19 hours ago

        I’d be curious if schools still teach kids how to look things up in books, or if writing reports is now a thing they ask chatgpt to do

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          19 hours ago

          Anecdotally, from teachers I know, they use chatgpt.

          But libraries are not just print books! They have digital collections and online materials too.