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The Real Scammer: The Guy Who Cried ‘Scam’ on Soap Home Automation

Some anonymous guy calling himself Saironek on Reddit says Kickstarter home automation darling Soap is a scam. His ‘evidence’ is silly, Soap is legit, and we think we have the clown’s real name.

Some anonymous know-it-all blogging that Kickstarter home automation darling Soap is a “scam” appears to be the real scammer.

Calling himself Saironek, this clown went to the trouble of setting up a Reddit account six days ago for the sole purpose of discrediting Soap, only to embarrass himself instead, along with the news outlets that picked up his comical piece.

Soap, which is creating an Android-based home automation system on top of a router, launched on Kickstarter two weeks ago, generating more than $120,000 in pledges on an $80,000 goal in just a few days.

In a Reddit post titled, “WARNING - Soap Router: A Soapy Bubble of Scam,” Saironek cites as evidence of the “scam” that Soap has a lot of “fake” Twitter and Facebook followers. (We know this because Soap’s Facebook page has 3,000 “likes” but the company has only 600 backers. Why would you ever like a company if you’re not an investor?!)

Read the full article: http://www.cepro.com/article/the_real_s ... utomation/