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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.worldtoFediverse@lemmy.worldDon't reply "just Google it"
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    1 month ago

    Rtfm and LMGTFY by themselves aren’t useful. They’re the equivalent of posting “me too”.

    If you think that the answer is in the manual and they haven’t read it, post a link to the manual. Double helpful if you reference the section.

    If you think the answer is on Google, I think we can assume everyone knows to try that first, so then no reply is needed. If it’s a particularly tricky search to phrase, maybe help with a link with a searchable phrase in it.

    But not replying is always a useful thing to do if you’re not adding to the conversation.