Not to be picky, just an opportunity to inform - the word you're searching for is anecdote, rather than antidote.

Also just while I'm here, normally I wouldn't point out spelling but, epitome.

Thanks. I would like to think I can blame auto-correct. v0v

At least it's a tech industry-only phenomenon right? In all the other industries, people are rational data analyzers with no bias whatsoever. If there's an epitomy of the tech industry, it's blaming ourselves for being uniquely bad at things we're actually better at than most.

I would argue that since this subject is about remote workers, the crowds upvoting is data. Think about it.

I feel that one is data collected about productivity, and the other is a community survey. That's another form of data, but I personally wouldn't hold it nearly as high of an indicator as other data.

What does "actual data" mean? All data is actual. A study is not the termination of a logical argument. Its a model that someone thinks best explains the gathered data. Most studies don't go anywhere. People keep doing them so we get better and better and eventually stumble upon something useful.