Remember when you could just ask a question online and get a real answer?

Spent about $80 on a 'premium' membership for a big Q&A site years ago. Thought it would get my tech questions answered faster. Mostly got vague replies from people trying to sell stuff. Felt like a total waste. Now I just use smaller forums where people actually help. Anyone find a good spot for honest answers these days?

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sarah5311d ago

That "vague replies from people trying to sell stuff" feeling is the worst. I've had way better luck in smaller, topic-specific forums where people just want to help. It's a shame the big sites went that way.

the_ryan1d ago

Remember the old photography forum PhotoCafe? I found a thread from 2008 where a guy spent three pages explaining how to fix a lens error, just to be nice. You don't see that on big social sites now. What was the last small forum you found that still had that kind of helpful vibe, and what were people talking about?

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