I don't think I made an assumption about what the silent majority prefers. I just said that I didn't think the regulars here are representative or overly useful for polling purposes.
And when I said that folks here were obsessed... what I meant by that is certain people here seem to care passionately about certain issues. So it's natural that there's going to be vocal disagreement and lengthy discussion.
As opposed to the more casual player who just enjoys the game and doesn't care passionately enough to engage in forum feedback on a nearly everyday basis.
For instance, you can say that fifty percent of the people hate widgets and fifty percent love them based on the comments of folks talking about widgets. But the more likely scenario might be that eighty percent of people don't care about the widgets at all, certainly not enough to talk about them or complain about them or advocate for them.
My guess is the casual player likes shove as a bonus action because it's something to do. But that same casual player probably wouldn't think twice about it if shove were an action instead. Whereas people around here are willing to die on the hill one way or the other.
