Do you have any links / sources to back this story up? I haven't heard about this before.
In my opinion, the LMGTFY peanut gallery tend to be the glib one's. Always going for the short, clever smirks, never the depths, the wisdom; teaching others.
What's most toxic about this kind of - I assume well-intention people's behavior - I literally find myself Googling, and every now and then, hopefully an answer on forum thread where they say "Just Google it", "Just search it on the forum".