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Tool Questions - Lemmy.ca

https://lemmy.ca/c/toolquestions

Ask us anything about tools or fasteners, and we’ll try to answer; from questions about your broken tools to what you need for any given job - get real answers from hardware store employees with decades of experience working with contractors and DIYers.

I created a community to help people with questions about tools, power tool repair, fasteners, safety gear, and pretty much anything else tool-related. I work for a hardware store located in Ontario, and I thought this could be a great way to give back to the amazing community of Canadian construction professionals and DIYers. I also think it would be fun to just chitchat about tools with other enthusiasts.

Tool Questions

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Fastek

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I got a bunch of comments that said I was a bot or a shill, so I deleted this community entirely. Sorry. Maybe someone else can try.

Bo7a

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Nobody accused you of being a bot. I was the one who called it out as an ad. On a server that specifically says no ads.

Your username is a store. The posts you made all linked back to your store's blog.

You may not have had bad intentions, and I totally believe you wanted to help. But doing so under the name of a company, with posts that solely link back to that company... Is advertising.

If you want to advertise for fastek, put up a lemmy server of your own, on your domain, with your money. Or find an existing server that doesn't have 'no ads' as a rule.

Fastek

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The whole idea was to give people peace of mind knowing that a professional was answering their questions. But it's fine. I deleted everything.

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