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I'm trying to make it easy to ask someone I don't know that well for a favor. I believe people don't ask for help often enough. Could HN-ers provide feedback on this idea of making it more socially acceptable or easier to ask for favors? I'll be happy to provide feedback to one of your ideas or to help with something you need in the best way I can.
To make it easier to ask for favors - it would be helpful to know whom to ask for favors as well as what specifically to ask. The issue with making it more socially acceptable is that people normally go to the "experts" for very easy favors so they get lots of requests and people with slightly less knowledge might get less request. Here's an idea - have me tell you what the request entails (programming, personal fina…
There are issues related to expertise and power I don't have clear thoughts on yet.
The idea of searching for people that can grant a favor is helpful to think about, thanks. It can work when one does not necessarily need an expert.