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I tried to get into making Skyrim mods, but some basic info just isn't on any forums. I then find it discussed on discord servers as if it's common knowledge discovered a while ago, but those same servers also perpetuate myths from Morrowind that were debunked a decade ago by an experienced modder. However, that modder is also a toxic asshole who's now impossible to work with, so finding reliable info from him after 2018 is hard. All the while I'm just sitting here wondering if it's even worth the effort.

And this is why I have always hated every single jackass that responded to a question with "just Google it" even when Google didn't completely suck cock.

If I had just one single answer from a reputable source doing that, I wouldn't be asking real people. Search engines were never infallible. Niche topics have always garnered shit results.

i've been there too... i understand your pain panel 4

Wrong!

Google: How to do xyz

7 million AI generated SEO optimised bullshit websites: Here's you do xyz (we don't know either but we use lots of words Google likes so we get put first)

All those letMeGoogleThat links from the 00s have turned into Rick Rolls (figuratively speaking).

This is why I only search somethingawful's archives for answers to my questions.

Or someone asked a question on Reddit and got an answer, but then it was removed due to a protest. All you get is the reply “Thank you so much! It works now”

I FOUND A STACK OVERFLOW QUESTIONS RECENTLY THAT WAS LITERALLY THIS!

Nr. 1 accepted answer (lots of years ago): something something plenty of information available on Google, no need for this thread

Nr. 2 answer (way fewer years ago): seeing as this is now the first Google result for anything relating to this, here's how you do it.

(shame I can't remember what exactly the question was. Please still believe me? 🥺)

it's crazy how those comments are aging like milk precisely because google/web search is going to shit (in addition to being dickhead comments ofc)

just weird to look back and think about how we thought it would never change

People who write a whole novel about "google is your friend" and try to make you feel stupid for asking a question are the ultimate assholes. You wrote 3 paragraphs just to bully a stranger on the internet when 1 sentence could have answered the question. Thanks for being a royal knob head.

More than once I’ve had Google return a years old reddit thread with only 2 or 3 comments that just say “I don’t know, let me know if you find out.” What in the shit is going on that THAT is somehow the SEO winner?

Me, who completely nuked twelve years worth of Reddit posts and comments which were often one of, if not the only relevant search result to an extremely niche problem.

Not sure about [x], but here’s how you do [y]

goes to goople
searches '1980 cx500 only runs on one cylinder'
comment from 2007: "replace this module right here:"
[broken Photobucket link]

edit: might as well add the problem. lol

if the carbs are clean and tuned well enough to be ruled out the problem is likely the CDI module as they are over 40 years old and are known to fail. if replacing the CDI doesn't seem to make a difference the problem is likely the ignition system on the whole. the next step in the process would be the stator but since you have to pull the motor to change it you may as well go ahead and rebuild the ignition system with modern components. there are a couple different aftermarket solutions such as Ignitech. i opted for Rae-San.

"Have you tried rtfm?"

Literally happens all the damn time anymore

Whole first page is ads and threads of people saying, 'Just Google it,' 'There's a search function here for a reason,' 'thread locked due to frequently asked question,' etc, etc.

I miss the earlier days of the Internet where people were more helpful. Or hell when Google wasn't just ads and SEO crap.