Even better is that this article applies to neither side. Its fluff and nonsense designed to enrage. The article is crap.
It certainly applies, you're being hyperbolic and choosing to ignore the individual methods that are presented. Let's take for example:sock-puppets. Did we not see a huge increase of those advocating for either side (i.e. shilling)? We did. So how does it not apply again? It was not designed to enrage anybody, it was designed for people to realize that is going on and to wake up.
What, it's crap because it's description describes your corpulent position?
I didn't see a relevant argument explaining why it's "crap", nor arguments defeating the specifics points, ergo this possibility exists.
These are just social engineering strategies that try to influence the price of bitcoin so that they'll get rich.
It is not just about the price.