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