user1908: Sometimes we get questions that contain an image and ask "what is this image from?", where it turns out that performing a reverse image search on the image returns English-language results identifying the origin of the image. For example:

https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5188/
https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5139/
What manga is this image with a depressed girl from?

Are these questions good (i.e. upvote-worthy, or at least not-downvote-worthy)?

user274: I don't see these questions as problematic. I will preface this by saying: If you wish to downvote, that is  your prerogative; the act of voting is anonymous and completely subjective. However, I would discourage downvoting, closing, and other such actions for the following reasons.
Many people do not even know Google reverse-image search exists. Unfortunately I don't have any specific polls or stats on this, but I have had many people ask me the origin of a specific image, after which I point them to the reverse search, much to their astonishment. We are an anime and manga site, not a tech site, so we should not assume people to be familiar with anything beyond Google's basic image and text searches.
Additionally, the question itself will contain a lot of searchable, textual details. Let's take the piyo-piyo apron question for example: It contains a title referring to the term "piyo", as well as the apron, and then shows an image. If we then imagine someone, without the image, who searches "anime girl piyo-piyo apron" on Google, they could easily end up on our site. That's a win-win: We get traffic, and our users get an answer.
In essence, I am opposed to viewing reverse-image-searchable questions as "poor" because there is little awareness of Google's reverse-image capabilities, and because having such questions improves our chances of drawing in someone with the same question.

1908: <p>Sometimes we get questions that contain an image and ask "what is this image from?", where it turns out that performing a reverse image search on the image returns English-language results identifying the origin of the image. For example:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5188/">https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5188/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5139/">https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/5139/</a></li>
<li><a href="https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/4122/">What manga is this image with a depressed girl from?</a></li>
</ul>

<p>Are these questions good (i.e. upvote-worthy, or at least not-downvote-worthy)?</p>
 274: <p>I don't see these questions as problematic. I will preface this by saying: If you wish to downvote, that is  your prerogative; the act of voting is anonymous and completely subjective. <strong>However</strong>, I would discourage downvoting, closing, and other such actions for the following reasons.</p>

<p>Many people do not even know <a href="https://support.google.com/images/answer/1325808?hl=en" rel="nofollow">Google reverse-image search</a> exists. Unfortunately I don't have any specific polls or stats on this, but I have had many people ask me the origin of a specific image, after which I point them to the reverse search, much to their astonishment. We are an anime and manga site, not a tech site, so we should not assume people to be familiar with anything beyond Google's basic image and text searches.</p>

<p>Additionally, the question itself will contain a lot of <em>searchable, textual</em> details. Let's take the <em>piyo-piyo</em> apron question for example: It contains a title referring to the term "piyo", as well as the apron, and then shows an image. If we then imagine someone, <em>without</em> the image, who searches "anime girl piyo-piyo apron" on Google, they could easily end up on our site. That's a win-win: We get traffic, and our users get an answer.</p>

<p>In essence, I am opposed to viewing reverse-image-searchable questions as "poor" because <strong>there is little awareness of Google's reverse-image capabilities</strong>, and because <strong>having such questions improves our chances of drawing in someone with the same question</strong>.</p>
