It fucking sucks, makes everything so much slower.
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Twongo@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
i love how “asking your peers” or “going on dedicated forums or communities” to ask questions is the most viable option atm.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 3 weeks ago
XM34@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Yeah, it’s a sad state of affairs. Forums were good at some point. But nowadays it feels like only the most socially deranged, basement dwelling, self righteous asshats are still on there. And this is especially true for anything related to linux.
Sure, you may get a usable answer somewhere down the line. But the amount of verbal abuse, “Uhm actshually” and “why don’t you do completely unrelated thing” you get is unbearable.
Twongo@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
i don’t necessarily share that experience but i understand where you come from.
reddit is a cesspool for sure, i stopped accessing it months ago
XM34@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Honestly, the arch linux forums are one of the worst offenders in my experience. Most of my “you should have learned that during the installation”, “why do you even use X? Y is way better and does something completely different” and worst of all “Of course it doesn’t work. Manjaro is just DDOS” encounters stem from there. But XDA is a pretty ok place.
Twongo@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
i think when the scope of the answer goes beyond “type iwctl -> station wlan0 scan -> station wlan0 connect [SSID]” it can become civil :) but this is purely subjective. and i don’t want to claim i never encounter assholes.