In several organizations, I have been the person who writes high-quality documentation. I enjoy writing (and reading) good technical documentation, so this is a self-appointed responsibility. I agree that people aren't interested in documentation for something they either probably-know or probably-don't-need-to-know, so a vacuous thumbs-up emoji is all I expect when creating documentation.
However, the "you can hand out a link" part is what really grinds my gears. The expectation of my former coworkers that it is <someone else>'s job to find the proper documentation pages for them was quite exasperating. '@anatnom can get you the docs for this' and similar messages is...disheartening. My workflow was always to go to <internal docs page> and search for <relevant term>.
Perhaps there are organizations where the documentation-writers are not also encumbered with being the link genie, but I've not had that experience. I wish I could teach a dev to fish, but instead I have to hand out fish all day.
However, the "you can hand out a link" part is what really grinds my gears. The expectation of my former coworkers that it is <someone else>'s job to find the proper documentation pages for them was quite exasperating. '@anatnom can get you the docs for this' and similar messages is...disheartening. My workflow was always to go to <internal docs page> and search for <relevant term>.
Perhaps there are organizations where the documentation-writers are not also encumbered with being the link genie, but I've not had that experience. I wish I could teach a dev to fish, but instead I have to hand out fish all day.