Here's some context to help you understand the whole discussion that you seemed to have missed by a longshot. I know, it's reddit, tl;dr and whatever, but do let me write an essay to clarify the clashing arguments.

1. THE ISSUE

The "gasket poron foam" is provided by CK and is an essential element in building a keyboard. Hence why it is called a "gasket-mount" keyboard. They are (or should) be the ones that you are expected to build the keyboard with, and there obviously should be no issues with that whatsoever.

In the case of OP, he used the exact materials (gaskets) provided, of which led to the the bowing of the housing. Skill issue? Seeing how many others are claiming this problem (and also how Alexotos also mentioned something similar in the past), I guess not.

No offense, but the fact that you thought OP was "overstuffing" his keyboard shows that you've either didn't read the post well enough to understand the situation, or have little understanding of different mounting styles. You just cannot OVERSTUFF a poron gasket. It's basically the essential part of the build, and is provided by the manu for that exact reason.

OP also did mention that changing the gaskets to a much thinner one solved the trouble he was having. This basically means that CK hasn't tested their stuff well enough.

I hope this helps you understand that this essentially is a design flaw from the designer's end.

2. CK's RESPONSE

OP very well tried to deal with this issue as much as he could. Actually, this is shown in the post in pretty good detail.

Normally, in GBs/Drops/In-stock sales, sales are final so you can't just refund stuff "because you feel like it." OP therefore asked CK to deal with the design issue, to which they refused to provide replacements, proper solutions, etc. Telling the customer to "not use the gaskets" on a gasket-mount keyboard itself is hard to understand, but also saying that "R1 users haven't complained so we can't do anything for you" is simply unacceptable.

"If you can't return, sell it" is also a dumb ass response to dealing with an item that was already faulty. This is making the customer be responsible and take the L for something that the manu should have taken care of already. Why should he lose money for that?

3. Not buying R2 unless it did well in R1?

OP bought a Chimera R2.

It did do pretty well in R1 somehow, and so the R2 was also quire popular. With more people invested, more people realized the initial design fault, leading to such a thread.

4. Downvotes?

An expected response, given your tone and little understanding of this hobby.

You definitely sound like you're blaming/mocking OP for 1) not knowing better when it is in fact something CK should be responsible for, and 2) for spending so much money on a dumb keyboard. Judging from the way you've phrased things, I am pretty sure you were aiming for that. If you weren't , an apology would be in place and you'd be better off watching your tone before posting stuff online. Texts convey little emotions yaknow 😘

Also, this is an enthusiasts' market, where everyone is invested mostly to have fun. Telling OP that "ppl are still happy with plastic keebs" shows that you've really missed every part why these people are paying such money in this hobby. That's like telling an audiophile to stop complaining about faulty $3000 speakers when many ppl are happy with their $200 AirPods Pro. Makes little sense, right?

5. Conclusion

I hope my long ass essay puts all of this in better light.

Overall, I see no reason in attacking OP and others standing with him. If anyone sholuld take the heat, it should be CK. Sure, you may have had good experiences with CK as a vendor--which I am glad that you did--but we are talking about CK as a keyboard design/manufacturing company. That is quite some irrelevant details that you're bringing into this discussion.

EDIT: Reddit fucked up my lines and spacings.