Answer boards and social searching

I don;t like the use of the title 'slamming the boards'. It seems like librarians are always trying to justify themselves. We don't have to put something else down to promote ourselves. Rather we should promote the fact that we can answer any question (given time).

I often come across answers to my queries by searching (mostly for travel information - how far from heathrow T1 to Heathrow T2) on the internet.