GS Pet Peeve: LMGTFY

UZ · May 21, 2009, 6:51am

It annoys me to no end when I see someone ask a simple question and some smartass replies back saying “Why not Google it”… or worse yet, use the LMGTFY site to make their point

The whole purpose of “asking” a question and taking the time to write a discussion post rather than simply typing a query in google is to get some first-hand opinions from people who might have direct experience with the issue at hand. Sure enough everyone can google it… but if someone is looking for more than just search results, then a discussion forum offers them an alternative venue to get more contextualized and personalized responses to their questions.

So, the next time you have the urge to point someone to Google, don’t just assume that the person was incapable of doing so in the first place. If you want generic answers to your questions, go ahead and use google… but not everyone here wants generic pointers to other websites.

Agreed 100 % sometimes we do need an experience.