In fairness, it's not as if we haven't destroyed the reputation of the Das enough already with all the reported cases of controller shenanigans. But the logic in blaming the Das for this specific problem is misleading.
well look, the internet is full of flippant remarks - about people as well as products, all getting indexed on google. At some point we have to rely on an internet-savvy generation that will read the comments in depth if they are actually going to buy the product (or vote for the candidate) and be able to make up their own minds.
In other words - flippant remarks destroying reputations itself isnt a keyboard specific issue... I dont see how it'll be avoided really these days. I remember reading an article in the new york times a few years back about this problem. People complaining that when others google their name they can read all kinds of crap most of which is untrue or just rumor and opinion and what could they do about it? The article said for the most part all most people can do is put up their own website with their side of the story. This probably applies for products too.
Also supposedly under google, home pages (and likely product/corporate pages too) rise up the rankings (its designed that way, supposedly).
So that way one can get their side of the story out and thats pretty much all you can do, according to the times article anyway.
Especially on a chatty wide ranging forum like this with so many individual opinions and needs and wants all being expressed simultaneously and freely, not sure there is really any other solution.
Also, for all the hysteria on this site about the das controller, I'm not sure we really impacted their business. They seem to be doing fine and plenty of people bought a das even after knowing about the transposing problem. It was a legitimate issue to be aired though.
In fairness to erricrice, he did repeatedly say in the comments that he doesnt think its a das design issue at all.
