I am always curious about the psychology of sending an email to ask someone a question which solicits a bit of factual information which is abundantly available on the first link of the most obvious Google search.
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There's a way to read this as passive aggressive pique. To clarify: I'm legitimately curious. What is the job-to-be-done here? Is it that certain user populations trust "oral" communication more than things written on the Internet? Is it an attempt at bonding?
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Replying to @patio11
I do think it's an attempt at bonding. Women in mom groups do this all the time, when the aggregated info provided on best diapers etc via product reviews is much more valuable in most cases.
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I can understand trusting a personal recommendation more than a review site, but I sometimes get questions which are closer to (paraphrased) "Does Amazon sell Pampers?"
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those I think are artifacts of trying to port verbal convo over to email. it might make sense to ask someone something like "Does Amazon sell pampers?" when you're chatting IRL. but where you have to write it out, wait etc google much better. should find other bonding things
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strongly agree that this is a bonding thing ...which means that my refusal to engage in it sets me apart from people, makes them dislike me / find me cold. /shrug
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