I have had some recent SO frustration with sheer number of answering/seeing SO posts where I have been like... you really couldn't have just googled that? I gu

I have had some recent SO frustration with sheer number of answering/seeing SO posts where I have been like... you really couldn't have just googled that? I guess basically boils down to conversation vs searching. In the last couple of years (maybe more) I have seen less searching and more asking questions in general. I think a large group of mature technologist know how to use Google and prefer it over human intervention... ie a conversation. That is the initial tech culture was RTFM. But there is a growing population particularly where English is not their first language where they prefer to ask over search. I believe this is also culture thing as well. Perhaps a more social culture. In the US we are so used to Google but in other countries social media, messaging apps, and improved connectivity are really pushing the "conversation interface" and appears to be preferred heavily over the "search interface". That is people seem to want to ask and not search. I honestly don't know for sure which "interface" is more efficient or better but clearly given Siri and various other AI conversation thing coming out the conversation approach is popular.