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by Semaphor 1250 days ago
> I'd call "knowing what to even ask for and also asking for it in a clear manner".

It was a very important skill for searching. Nowadays, with Google "I know what you want better than you" search, it’s not that useful anymore (not useless, I get better search results by not using google and knowing what I want, just less required).