You can actually ignore a member. Click their name and hit "Ignore".
That being said, WEAL, I think I've made allegations of my own that were unfair - and hypocritical since one of my gripes was that you made allegations without proof.
It's entirely likely that you're just devoted to promoting...
..or they just realised that Fermentasaurus is a long and cumbersome name, and FermZilla matches their BrewZilla..
In lieu of super secret sounding "sources" one could also check their website where the name has been changed.
Proof of the patent issue would be a change on this page wouldn't it...
Popularity, sure. The other side has ~25% the active members that this one has.
The other side's also been around for a little over a year and this one's been around since forever. Luckily it holds good (old) content or people wouldn't bother.
Those tides will turn in time
Members often link to here actually. Because like I said earlier, it's their old threads.
Termination of members for linking to that forum is due to, from what I understand, an ego problem with the US owner. But I wasn't directly involved so I will only speculate.
Recruitment's a strong word. Most of the top (including #1 in post count) contributing members of this forum were banned without recourse and people deserve to know where they went.