So whatever anyone may think of ActiveMining, a press release from eASIC is a very big deal because it confirms the validity of the offering, validity of the claims from a highly respected ASIC specialist company, and establishment of a business relationship. At the moment we only have Ken's word that eASIC have agreed to anything and nothing confirming a business relationship or that payment has been made.

Note that I haven't commented on HashFast at all and I agree with you regarding employee opinion posts being a poor way to judge a company's output. You can only judge on the output, or if employee opinions change significantly over time (which can sometimes signal an upward or downward change in fortunes).