Your examples seem fitting for a text. Simple factual queries with not intention of connection are different

What's the difference between 'Texting your friends for factual information' and 'Simple factual queries with not intention of connection'? You've said they're different, that second is reasonable and the first is not, but they read the same to me.

Utilizing a friends' expertise vs outsourcing effort to them

Those also read the exact same to me, unless you mean to imply the latter also includes 'being an knobhead to the person you're asking'.

Perhaps an LLM can help with the distinction. I'm at a loss helping with this, which feels a little meta