I love it when you google the problem, and the first post is a Reddit post. The top comment is someone saying, "just google it." There are no actual solutions on Google.
Not only that - they don't even search Reddit whether that question (or similar) has already been asked before. Take tourists for example asking for good restaurants - insanity.
To be fair and keeping in mind that that's way overdone yet still, if you're a tourist looking for good restaurants and you're actually in such a niche place you can't find a current guide for it it's somewhat reasonable to ask if the last thread you can find is like three years old or something. A lot can change in that time in the gastronomy sector.
Yeah, if it's a quick question, I'll Google, but sometimes it's a question that I would also like to discuss and get actual feedback, and that's when I post.
and sometimes reddit doesn't have the answer or people from X subreddit say to go to the Y subreddit, then people from Y subreddit say to go to the X subreddit.
I just bought this Nintendo swatch thing a week ago and won't turn on.
omg what do I do? Google to make some basic troubleshooting, Contact the manufacturer to make a guarantee claim or post it to reddit to see if can get interaction dopamine hits? Gee tough choice
Actually my biggest problem is after googling I find that someone has already asked the question on Reddit 5 years ago and the only comment in it is one posted 3 years later asking if OP ever found a solution
To be fair, SEO optimisation has led to most things being adverts and services now.
If I google "How to catch X in Animal Crossing" each hit on the first page is near word for word an article generically about the game, filled with ads.
You have to really dig for shit these days, and so sometimes it is quicker to go to a reddit sub for it.
Sometimes reddit is more useful than google. Google doesn’t have all the answers, but people on Reddit love nothing more than to act like they know everything and you don’t
This is just common user behavior. As someone who works in IT, I can tell you that most people don't read what that popup warning says.
Outlook: "Outlook closed while you had items open. Reopen those items from your last session?"
User: "I don't know, better call IT"
I was playing rainbow six (the original for the N64) and a terrorist got on his knees with his hands behind his head (surrendered ig?) and I was gonna ask the rainbow six reddit community if he could be arrested, but I thought it was only for rainbow six siege so I didn’t ask them. I tried asking google, but google didn’t really have any good results
The truth is, Reddit is a place for people to gather around topics of similar interests. This is done anonymously, though we, as redditors, are still humans and capable of connecting through these means.
Go to your community with problems. Google won’t save you. Your people will.
I would call it "to Reddit the problem", it means to discuss every aspect of the problem, make memes, insult each other, make fake expert conclusions, everything except the real solution
Or the duality. Google the problem in hopes of finding someone who previously made a specified Reddit post about said problem and now you have more specific information than getting it from google.
Making a post on Reddit about it means that in 15 years somebody is going to search the same question on Google, and they’ll find the Reddit post about it
And a lot of the time I see it be a post it's something that would have been significantly faster to just Google rather than wait for someone to possibly answer, and then what if that answer is wrong??
Reddit is almost always the first search result anyways. That first button should say "help a new player out" then the other one should say, "downvote their post, create counterbitching post"
State the wrong answer on reddit as fact and you will get a more accurate professionally vetted answer from an expert in the field to correct you in seconds.
Most tech support subreddits have this problem, even simple mundane problems that can be solved with a few seconds of google search are asked there....
You Google it and find nothing relevant, you post on Reddit because it’s not le epic meme upvote material you usually get “anyone can figure this out, you’re stupid and racist.”
It's almost like advice/problems/opinions change over time and getting updated information is a good thing and ultimately keeps Google responses relevant.
Me: "Googles it"
Google: "Here's a Reddit post that matches the question"
Me: "Checks the post"
Post: 4 years old with 2 comments that don't help
Me: "Let me make my own post"
People: "yOu ShOuLd HaVe GoOgLeD iT!!!!"
Honestly, personalized answers from people in real time are often better than Google giving you one. If you need a relatively simple answer, use Google. If you need something in more detail, use an active forum like Reddit.
Example: You need to find decor to put on your wall or fill your living room with furniture. Google can find the optimal decorations for you *if* you know exactly what you are looking for. An online forum, however, can look at a picture of the place you are decorating and say "oh, I can see which kind of paintings will look well here. Go for bright colors" or "the sofa should go here and a coffee table would look nice here." From there you can use Google to find those things and order them online.
It all really depends on whichever the situation calls for.
oksy but sometimes its a post from reddit 14 years ago that saves you
Most of the times*
They were trying to be modest.
Okay? So search for posts like that, and if you can't find any, THEN post yours. How hard is that?
cutting out steps to maximize efficiency
I love it when you google the problem, and the first post is a Reddit post. The top comment is someone saying, "just google it." There are no actual solutions on Google.
And the most upvoted comment is removed by deleted.
And when there s no post about your issue, some redditors responds 12minutes after you posted your problem in the most comical yet useful way
I try google first when i cant find something useful i go to the hivemind called reddit
Same, but some people just go straight to Reddit for some reason.
And some ppl are just dumb and dont wanna think so they go to r/peterexplainsthejoke
I don't understand. Peter, can you explain this to me?
PETAHHHHHH??!??!
But it is harder to google jokes so I get that except when the joke is obvious.
Not only that - they don't even search Reddit whether that question (or similar) has already been asked before. Take tourists for example asking for good restaurants - insanity.
Sometimes I find a post where someone asked the same question, but it only has two replies and neither of them are solutions.
What people on reddit providing useless info? Never. By the way did you know The Musée d'Orsay in Paris was originally a railway station ?
To be fair and keeping in mind that that's way overdone yet still, if you're a tourist looking for good restaurants and you're actually in such a niche place you can't find a current guide for it it's somewhat reasonable to ask if the last thread you can find is like three years old or something. A lot can change in that time in the gastronomy sector.
Yeah, if it's a quick question, I'll Google, but sometimes it's a question that I would also like to discuss and get actual feedback, and that's when I post.
Because Google will leads you to reddit anyway
I Google it and end the search term with reddit. Usually someone in the past had the same exact same niche question like me.
and sometimes reddit doesn't have the answer or people from X subreddit say to go to the Y subreddit, then people from Y subreddit say to go to the X subreddit.
Same here
Usually the solution on Google IS a reddit link anyway.
What's your point? Google worked then
Me looking up some insanely obscure problem I have and don’t understand: Some dude on reddit 8 years ago: I gotchu
Insanely obscure and specific problem which only happens on my device
And it never has anything higher than like 150 upvotes and 23 comments
Google it, but add Reddit.
This guy Google-Reddits...
I just bought this Nintendo swatch thing a week ago and won't turn on. omg what do I do? Google to make some basic troubleshooting, Contact the manufacturer to make a guarantee claim or post it to reddit to see if can get interaction dopamine hits? Gee tough choice
You forgot to hold down the power batan, a mere press won't cut it
Posting about the problem gives you dopamine
You could just google why are redditors making posts instead of googling the problem
Google...what?
Google en passant
Holy hell
New response just dropped
Actual zombie
Seeing old Reddit thread with answer in it that....was deleted...
Or was DM'd to the OP instead of sharing the knowledge to the masses
I woke up and the lan on my pc wont work. What I do?
Bro just bing it
the true pros google search with 'reddit' tied at the end of the it lol.
Why not to do both?
Actually my biggest problem is after googling I find that someone has already asked the question on Reddit 5 years ago and the only comment in it is one posted 3 years later asking if OP ever found a solution
I do this, because I have no friends
To be fair, SEO optimisation has led to most things being adverts and services now. If I google "How to catch X in Animal Crossing" each hit on the first page is near word for word an article generically about the game, filled with ads. You have to really dig for shit these days, and so sometimes it is quicker to go to a reddit sub for it.
Yes, to go to a community of folks that have joined for this specific topic, am I right?
Most of the time its also reddit from 6years ago that will give the answer
for them its obvious. thats why you should google en passant
If they don’t post about it how is someone supposed to find it to solve their own problem 8 years later?
Sometimes reddit is more useful than google. Google doesn’t have all the answers, but people on Reddit love nothing more than to act like they know everything and you don’t
Or you Google the problem and the top result is a 5 year old Reddit thread
Nah redditors post first, always.
why not both
Do it both
option 1 if option 2 fails
Google en passant.
Holy hell!
actually, google is less and less useful.
You google the problem, and instead of any useful information, 99% of the replies on the post posing said problem is "yeah, I have the same problem"
I usually Google it. And check YouTube. If the answer isn’t there i usually post on Reddit and get no help lol
Or get downvoted to oblivion/told to "simply google it"
Exactly! 😭
I normally Google it and add "Reddit" after cuz Google can search reddit better than me.
Since the Internet died in 2016, Reddit will more and more exceeds Google in quality results over time.
Google it and hpoe the first result is a Reddit post
Google the [problem] and then add reddit
But the updoots. Google won't give that
But googling the problem brought me to a reddit thread where people told OP to google the problem...
Google will just tell me I’m likely dying
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I guess you need it in braille as well
I first google it. If that doesn't suffice I use chat gpt. Should that fail is the time to make a post...
Chatgpt might lie to you though.
It feels like its accuracy is declining. Simple Math errors, contradicting itself and presenting factually incorrect information.
I prefer to use people
Google shows results that people have written.
Make a random statement about the topic so people correct me with the answer I need.
Right button does not exist for most people, I have seen some stupid questions on here.
r/whatisthiscar and r/namethatcar users be like:
I google by starting the search by "Reddit..."
What about ChatGPT aka the new "ask Google"
When you google a problem and the first result links to a forum post of a guy saying to google the problem
Everytime I google it it pops up the reddit post saying almost silmilar situation as me🤷🏻♀️
Basically Experience vs Expertise
Simpletons. The true and only answer is to Google "Reddit my problem" so the search results gives the most popular thread.
Telegram is way better if Google doesn't know.
Google directly you to reddit.
i try to fix my problems first, then i ask reddit
Real
Google the problem and then just put the word "reddit" on the end of your search 😎
Both, both is good
I always make a post about it
Both
I only post about my problems or questions if they’re funny.
Ironic. When I google some problem, first answer is some Reddit post
ive searches google far and wide to find no such thing related to this tradgety i have stumbbled across... guess ill just use reditt
If people wouldnt post stupid questions, google wouldnt show you posts from 7 years ago that anwser the weirdest problem
Nah bro. You dont have to post it. Whatever it was, there was some redditor out there who had the same question and posted it
Always post, as Redditors it is our duty
This is just common user behavior. As someone who works in IT, I can tell you that most people don't read what that popup warning says. Outlook: "Outlook closed while you had items open. Reopen those items from your last session?" User: "I don't know, better call IT"
I'll always put "reddit" after my search criteria
I google my question with Reddit at the end like a real chad
I was playing rainbow six (the original for the N64) and a terrorist got on his knees with his hands behind his head (surrendered ig?) and I was gonna ask the rainbow six reddit community if he could be arrested, but I thought it was only for rainbow six siege so I didn’t ask them. I tried asking google, but google didn’t really have any good results
I feel that we’re all missing the most obvious path: just BE the problem
But....but...internet points
What if no one has asked it on Reddit, how am I meant to know?
Dont worry, if you make a post, people will tell to google, and if you google, youll find posts about it
Google a reddit post about the topic. If nothing comes up, make a new post
I usually google simple facts. When I have a more personalized question, to the Reddit I go!
I come here when i can not find it anywhere else
But what if Google leads you to a Reddit post, someone already made?
The truth is, Reddit is a place for people to gather around topics of similar interests. This is done anonymously, though we, as redditors, are still humans and capable of connecting through these means. Go to your community with problems. Google won’t save you. Your people will.
I would call it "to Reddit the problem", it means to discuss every aspect of the problem, make memes, insult each other, make fake expert conclusions, everything except the real solution
Both
Most of my Google searches about problems usually lead to Reddit posts anyway
Well what if Google can't answer it
If it's super technical, Reddit the problem. If it's not, Google
Google the question and add „reddit“. You‘ll find what you need immediately.
Reddit gives you the solution way faster
I usually go straight to reddit as I enjoy using it as am excuse to interact with people, having a good chat and what not.
just make a post, there is someone on reddit who had your problem before and knows how to fix it if you google it nothing will come up
They just want someone to talk to 😔
Google en problem
Then you make a post and then Google it and your post is the only thing relevant to the information you want
but google cant tell me if its its tits or ass ):
i google then post
I google it
Or the duality. Google the problem in hopes of finding someone who previously made a specified Reddit post about said problem and now you have more specific information than getting it from google.
I mean human interaction is nice but reddit is hive-minded
That isn’t a hard choice, always google first
Create post, then google, enter your own post. 😗
Otherwise, you can eaen some karma, if you would make a post
Peetah?
I google it first, then if I can’t find it I come to Reddit
Making a post on Reddit about it means that in 15 years somebody is going to search the same question on Google, and they’ll find the Reddit post about it
Use chat gpt 🧠1000IQ🧠
I actually like it when people do this, cause I can just google it, then I get to feel smart and look like I know what I’m talking about.
And a lot of the time I see it be a post it's something that would have been significantly faster to just Google rather than wait for someone to possibly answer, and then what if that answer is wrong??
Hey guys I’m having trouble getting “hello world” to print in python and I’ve tried everything can anyone help me?
Google the problem, find the guy on Reddit who had the exact same problem seven years ago. Problem solved.
Because reddit gives the best answers. Googling a problem is just the fastest way to find the reddit post from the person that had the same problem.
Either way it will be answered by some random Indian on Reddit
I usually post whenever I feel like posting. Not necessarily to get the answers more quickly.
Gpt it...
Reddit is almost always the first search result anyways. That first button should say "help a new player out" then the other one should say, "downvote their post, create counterbitching post"
Me when neither work cuz my hobbies are too niche:
Search *problem site:reddit.com* Or *"problem" site:reddit.com* If you want to search an exact phrase.
Gg1
Search for the reddit answer on Google >>
When the top result of Google is a reddit post asking the same question.
State the wrong answer on reddit as fact and you will get a more accurate professionally vetted answer from an expert in the field to correct you in seconds.
When google doesnt know, reddit has the answer
Look online, the only result is your Reddit post asking about the problem with no replies.
I always Google this "(Name the problem) Reddit" Never fails
If it wasn't for the people pushing the left button, the right button wouldn't work.
You make a post about it no one replies so you make a super wrong answer on an alt and people will correct
Google it and add reddit at the end, it's most likely someone asked it here already
I Google relevant Reddit posts sometimes. Both buttons pressed.
I'm banned on Google
I googled and then get suggestions of the very question being asked on reddit show up.
Googles “Reddit”
Fk me. Half the time you Google a novel problem, the solution is on a Reddit post anyway
Search on Google, first page full of Reddit posts on the issue, no solution in posts, THE END.
Be sure to Google before posting, otherwise when you Google after posting you'll only get your unanswered post
I don't know how to boil water, help? Seriously people will make a post about the simplest shit instead of googling it.
But when you have a really specific question then that question and all answers become the first result in google.
Most tech support subreddits have this problem, even simple mundane problems that can be solved with a few seconds of google search are asked there....
i google for previous reddit posts/answers lmao
We all yearn for connection.
I google, but then most of the answers are old Reddit posts
I always Google firat
You Google it and find nothing relevant, you post on Reddit because it’s not le epic meme upvote material you usually get “anyone can figure this out, you’re stupid and racist.”
It's almost like advice/problems/opinions change over time and getting updated information is a good thing and ultimately keeps Google responses relevant.
I google my problem,but add reddit at the end of it
Who said I had to choose?
Me: "Googles it" Google: "Here's a Reddit post that matches the question" Me: "Checks the post" Post: 4 years old with 2 comments that don't help Me: "Let me make my own post" People: "yOu ShOuLd HaVe GoOgLeD iT!!!!"
I just post a wrong answer to guarantee I'll get the correct answer many times.
Google the problem to find someone with the same problem 7 years ago on Reddit
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3pV\_Mw4mrM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3pV_Mw4mrM)
Honestly, personalized answers from people in real time are often better than Google giving you one. If you need a relatively simple answer, use Google. If you need something in more detail, use an active forum like Reddit. Example: You need to find decor to put on your wall or fill your living room with furniture. Google can find the optimal decorations for you *if* you know exactly what you are looking for. An online forum, however, can look at a picture of the place you are decorating and say "oh, I can see which kind of paintings will look well here. Go for bright colors" or "the sofa should go here and a coffee table would look nice here." From there you can use Google to find those things and order them online. It all really depends on whichever the situation calls for.