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Meno
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Gadolhadorah
Getting objective and non-judgmental advice on matters of halacha online when you don’t have physical or electronic access to a rav/posek with whom you’ve established a personal relationship Is a lot better than simply not getting any advice.

Would you say the same about medical advice? Do think I would have been better off listening to the advice I got from WebMD and checked in to a rehab facility to take care of my cocaine abuse problem just because I wasn’t able to get in touch with an actual doctor?

WebMD gives people a false sense that they have diagnosed their problem, which is most often not true. The same would be true of the website you are suggesting.

(For anyone just tuning in, I don’t actually have a cocaine problem. Though I suppose that’s what someone with a problem would say…)