• Egon [they/them]
    hexagon
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    edit-2
    10 months ago

    It's sadly a bit of a toughie. I know a lot of jexbear users have made effortposts on quite a lot of subjects, so my first go to is to search thru Hexbear for effortposts with good sources. It's sadly not ideal. I know the user u/robinn2 has made a carrd on Xinjiang, which is often used. you could consider making a carrd on another common subject and help that way. While that does not help you, it helps the next one

    • IzyaKatzmann [he/him]
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      10 months ago

      Ah, the cards are a good idea. If I could ask about your experiences to get a better idea of a potential solution:

      • Is searching through lemmy/hexbear preferable due to the interface, or how the information is presented?
      • Did you go to hexbear first due to your familiarity with it or because it was what first came to mind?
      • Do you usually look for this info on your phone?
      • Is some info good but you'd have to reformat it so you don't end up using it?
      • Do you ever put stuff that's good in your own words?
      • Do you find the formatting (headings, subheadings, bold, etc.) to be helpful in navigating and finding the stuff you are looking for when you have like a huge effortpost?
      • Egon [they/them]
        hexagon
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        10 months ago
        • I usually both search on Google withe site:hexbear.net and on Hexbear itself. On Google I am moreso looking for keywords. Hexbear weights upvotes more, and oftentimes a good effortpost has received a lot of upvotes, where Google gives more of everything, but both needs a lot of finagling to be useful.
        • Hexbear due to familiarity.
        • I'm usually posting from phone, so unless it's an effortpost I stay there. For a good infogathering it's on pc tho.
        • Most info needs reformatting (adding linktext for example) so it's rarely something I think of. When it's just a quick message I just link the person to the thread. I always rephrase if I'm making a new effortpost.
        • If I make new effortpost yeah, otherwise I usually just repost the info as is - with minor tweaks.
        • Yes! Good formatting is a lifesaver