It's a shame - MetaFilter and sites like SlashDot used to be more prominent. I think that has changed with the way Google likes to lead to paywall and ad sites now over quality content and discussions. Just to make a point, if I search "how to screw in a lightbulb" I wouldn't be surprised if the top result takes me to a blog post that explains the history of the bulb, the average life of each type of lightbulb, some Amazon affiliated links, before it gets to what I need. I often have to tag on "reddit" just to cut down on the noise and get to the answer.
Not to detract from the overall point, I got a pretty decent wikihow as the first result when I searched. It was amp-hosted and wouldn't be suitable on a low-bandwidth connection, but it wasn't anywhere near as bad as I've been conditioned to expect.