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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Crowd-sourcing from internet message boards peaked in about 2010. [/quote]

And yet it seems like, despite the power of search engines now and AI (!!) more than ever, DCUM has become a redundant cycle of questions people are too lazy too look up.

How much pizza do I need for this party?

I have teens and it's an epidemic. They ask me all kinds of stupid shit and I tell them to google, which apparently is even too much for them. Not enough folks who knew how to actually research things in an encyclopedia or an atlas. And that translates to absolute laziness of new threads.  [/quote]

I think some of this is a [b]substitute for social interaction[/b]. Like asking your mom or spouse or friend what their opinion is even if you have an idea yourself of what to do. People want to connect and they do that by asking questions / thinking aloud. 
And btw I don't think this is related to pandemic WFH: you don't ask your coworker about pizza, I hope. I think it's related to how busy we are and how hard it's become to get together with friends and family.[/quote]

Agree with this 100%. Which is why I tend to respond to be helpful or to socialize as well. It doesn't help much to say "this question again?" or Google it Dummy! People who do that don't need to be on discussion boards. [/quote]

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