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Originally Posted by Mick
Exactly... Was gonna say it but you beat me to it Russ.  |
Pretty much sums up what I think too, in part at least. It's ironic that sometimes, when someone posts the 'Google is your friend' line, accompanied by a link to a search, the top result is from a forum posting somewhere. (This actually happened earlier today when Wayne had a question about the Photos menu option on his iPod). But if that posting had not been made, it would not have been there for Google to find. By asking and answering questions for each other, based on our own needs and our own expertise, we contribute to the Internet instead of merely exploiting it.
The other side of it, for me, is that I enjoy conversation as a social activity. For me, simply asking a question is, sometimes, almost an end in itself, because it gets people talking and sometimes the conversation gan unfold in a way that uncovers information you never thought to ask about in the first place.