This whole thing leaves a bad taste in my mouth. It reeks of self-promotion. Self-submitted survey on the front-page of HN? How could that have possibly happened without a voting ring? The user doesn't get to see results, and the email for the submitter is "moneyplease@swigme.com"? This is Hacker News, not "Shameless Manipulative Sociopath News".<p>When did HN become such an easy target for blatant manipulation? If I was a moderator I'd bury this story, and ban MediaSquirrel. It's one of those times I wish I could downvote stories, at least.