Prior to coming across them here, I had never heard of Smeg or KK before.

I confess I was a little surprised at the reception Smeg received when he first started to post, but given the content of his subsequent posts I am now not at all surprised that those who were aware of him took the opportunity to make their positions clear from the outset.

I have no problem at all with Smeg hating TEFL in general and KK in particular, I have no personal knowledge of the subject or the individuals.

What I do particularly dislike is that Smeg's contribution to the board seems to be exhausted already. Every thread as far as I can remember either has one theme or serves as a preamble to the introduction of that theme - "that the situation in Thailand is not to his liking and for some perverse reason others won't agree with him" - all the other sub plots, TEFL, backpackers, his being ripped off at every turn and so on and so on are just sub plots to the main theme.

I don't think he is dangerous, I do think he is unbalanced.

I don't think he is smart - if he has a talent, it is to wind up others who are less smart than him.

I don't think he is amusing - he simply ignores jibes about his more ridiculous assertions.

I do think he is tedious and repetitive - ignoring him would be the most sensible option, but most people have joined the forum to engage with other posters not ignore them.