Guess we were getting in their pockets. Small company or not, LOL
About ten years ago, one got on and said he was a user and jobs were peeling and everything else he could think of, but about two to four weeks later, he slipped up on another post with a guy having a problem that turned out to be the company he worked for and gave himself away.
As karma would have it, as this was pointed out to me, an R&D guy from that company
Who I knew called to see if I had played with a new solvent, and I had and did not buy it and saved him from buying it.
Then I made a joke about his company rep saying nasty things. He called back and wanted his fake name and forum.
The next day he called and said the guy was fired, and the sales manager was pissed to no end.
I'd been happy if he just called and said sorry.