I've been lurking ever since the Reddit debacle and finally had to create an account just to reply to this kind of misinformation. If they would have had funding of this sort, their Institutional Review Board would have required them to state it in this type of consent form, so you would know at least that. It could be different in Canada though (I've only seen the US's requirements). Personally, I don't think this is a particularly loufoque post. Their post is probably from an account they created just for this purpose. My guess is that posting and commenting to social media are not part of their job descriptions so I wouldn't expect them to post from an account with a history even if the team members actually use the site. Who knows if they have personal accounts that they use -- never mix business and pleasure? Hubski is a fantastic community, so I'm honestly surprised by the extreme jadedness of your comments. I'm I'm actually curious to see what they come up with!