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.

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[–] Maalus@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

The issue with that is trolls who either 1. ask for source when something is an easy to find fact of life (i.e. it doesn't need a scientific paper / article or whatever to prove). To later try to convince / discredit you that your link does not show what you claim (when it does). This one is to waste the other person's time and nothing else, and is really popular by kremlin bots 2. launch an outlandish claim with no source, you counter it and then you are asked by OP to provide your source, then back to 1. for the rest of the bullshit that they do.

Ultimately it doesn't matter much when you reply to 2 - 3 people like that, but posting more often, it does simply waste your time.

Source about these tactics

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

This is still better than the opposite tactic of sending your opponent to google it and when they don't find anything saying that it's because they are not trying hard enough.

Source: google it

[–] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I dont think I've hardly ever seen someone asking for sources on obvious truths or pretend a source is lying. They just say Nuh uh or Cuss out

I have, however, seen a LOT of people claim shit that isn't true at all and try to pass it off as basic fact, and

I've seen even more people post sources that don't actually say what they're trying to prove.

And i dont think this is really the point of the Google it conversation