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My aunt said to just ask anything online, but I found out it's not that simple
She told me last year, 'Just post your question, someone will know,' so I asked a forum how to fix a specific error code on my old lawnmower engine. I got three replies that were totally wrong and almost made the problem worse before a local small engine shop gave me the right fix. Has anyone else had a basic 'just ask' piece of advice backfire because the answers you got were bad?
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kai_burns737d ago
Remember trying to fix my dryer with advice from a video... guy said to whack the sensor with a screwdriver. Ended up cracking the whole control board. Cost me two hundred bucks for a new one. Sometimes you just need to know who is talking, you know? Like that person could have been totally wrong.
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charles7207d ago
Hold on, "dangerously wrong" is a huge stretch. For every bad lawnmower tip, there are a hundred threads where people solve problems for free. I fixed my washing machine last month using a forum post from 2012. You just have to check if the person giving advice actually sounds like they know what they're talking about.
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