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Does anyone else feel like they’re looking for something specific online and can’t find it? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 week ago by GooseGang@beehaw.org to c/askbeehaw@beehaw.org

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It leads to aimless scrolling and sometimes reading if I’m motivated.

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[–] megopie@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Recently I’ve been going to the library a lot more. Like, I kind of want to tear my head off looking for books about certain topics online, like nothing but irrelevant but popular stuff, or stuff I’ve already read. I go to the library, go to a relevant section of shelf, boom, lots of relevant books. And if I need something more, the librarians are always happy to help look for something more specific in the system.

Compare that to corporate websites that seem like they are optimizing to waste my time at this point.

[–] GooseGang@beehaw.org 3 points 1 week ago

I miss libraries from home so much!! I’ve pretty much given up on Google since it’s almost never helpful