Noticed a huge shift in how people ask for help on forums since last year

I used to see mostly specific technical questions like 'how do I fix a leaking valve on a 1998 Ford F-150', but now it's all vague personal advice requests like 'should I quit my job?' - wonder if that's because of how search engines changed or just folks getting lazier. Has anyone else seen this same change in the kinds of posts popping up here?

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jesse7736h ago

Right, because nothing says 'help needed' like "should I quit my job?" on a car repair forum. Pretty soon we'll be getting posts like 'my check engine light is on and I'm having an existential crisis, what do?' Honestly, it's like people forgot that Google can still answer the easy stuff, now they just wanna dump their life choices on the rest of us. Maybe we should start charging a $5 fee for vague emotional support.

sarah1985h ago

@jesse773 maybe we can trade check engine codes for life advice at a $10 markup.