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But that is rather the point being expressed here. If people perform the search, then:
- They can access information and gain knowledge on the matter at hand.
- If there are still specifics that are unclear, then by all means one should go ahead and ask.
- Some questions have answers that are very time sensitive, and will not be redundant if contextualized (I’m not talking about the typical will BTC reach X or Y value type spam question).
- Others are techy-based, and as you say, may also require different updated answers due to the evolving context.
This forum is not a static BBS or knowledge base repository, where we self-serve the answers, but in order for it to be perhaps more efficient for all, it is a good practice to search to see if the question has already been asked/answered, in what context, and to what degree of detail. In the best case, it will resolve the question. In the worst (*), one may still need to ask, but having a better context to specify a clear more narrow question.
Note: (*) well, worst case really would be getting a wrong misleading answer and assuming it was correct, getting scammed, etc.