I think the problem I see with this thread, and the other KL Q&A is that they have become pretty partisan to a few people, but most people just don't care and to us it looks like school kids trolling and spamming, generally wasting everyones time.
When I was reading the Q&A thread I remember thinking WEAL was a KK employee, must have been four negative comments in the first three pages. I remember reading some comment criticising KL for shipping cheaper stuff and practically stealing food from the mouths of the hungry children of your local LHBS proprietor.
I closed my facebook account long ago as I think it's a pretty toxic place in general. It's great to come in here and find pictures copypasted from someone else's phone showing peoples exploded fermzillas and presumably maimed families and blinded brewers. I wouldn't trust half the facebook users to boil a kettle without setting fire to their house. I wouldn't let DrHans to wash my hop socks but if he posts a negative review on the FZ it's great to have it brought up continuously.
I'd love to know the relative sales numbers of the FZ vs KK offerings, personally I don't know a single person who has and KK kit, but plenty with FZs. I really wonder if there's an order of magnitude difference in the sales which may explain all the posts on FB.
Even before CEO started crashing the thread with the helpful, insightful, and totally unbiased comments on why their direct competitor is dodgy, I had pretty much decided not to spend my money there based on the astroturfing it seemed like others were doing for them on the Q&A thread. I try not to deal with companies which annoy me and I have really throughly been annoyed by KK.
WEAL once suggested not getting a FZ and instead using two snub-nose fermenters instead. I basically have this setup now with all-rounders. Imagine if I had not read all those negative comments early on, I probably would have spent thousands of dollars at KK instead, that's kinda funny.
For what it's worth I don't think KL are blameless and they are sure slinging about some mud on their videos and comments as well. But I don't really care about the bad blood between them, I want my $90 cornys and $70 co2 cylinders.
Anyway, I know I can go up to the options menu and ignore people, and I did for a while but unfortunately others keep replying. I've come to love the fermzilla ****. I can't wait for the next vague accusations, like that time Anthony heard Adam telling Steve that he saw Susan kissing Matt behind the bike sheds at lunchtime. Rock on KK viral marketing team, you're superstars to me.
DISCLAIMER: if my KL stuff explodes and floods the room I will get back on FB and I will fill this thread with every burst fermzilla pic I can find.
