I fully agree that the self-reporting in this (alleged?) study is suspect. I've been accused of being a corporate shill many times on reddit just for voicing an

I fully agree that the self-reporting in this (alleged?) study is suspect. I've been accused of being a corporate shill many times on reddit just for voicing an opinion contrary (or even just partially contrary) to the bulk of the thread. This seems to be a lot of people's favorite way of dismissing dissenting opinions (accusing dissenters of being trolls is still a close second, though), and it's likely that it makes other people believe it's actually true when a few people start accusing dissent of being corporately motivated in that way. It's such a common occurrence that I refuse to comment in most larger subreddits. Smaller subreddits are much more reasonable, in my experience.