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100+ upvotes for a lmgtfy answer :(

• evincarofautumn 14y ago
  Sometimes people just don’t know how to search for the topic that interests them. Asking the question is the only way they will find the answer. In that case, adding a well-framed presentation of your better-informed search results, along with some links, is actually a net gain. Search engines can now index your answer and ultimately enable fewer questions like this.
• DanBC 14y ago
  That wasn't a lmgtfy answer. It was a constructive link to an encyclopaedia article, with a relevant quote from that article, and a relevant image. There were also links to other sources of information. lmgtfy is hateful because it often links to the same search that the asker has previously done, and returns the same not-useful hits. But the answerer doesn't check the returned hits, and just smugly slaps lmgtfy in to "teach" the asker a lesson about searching before asking.