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Q Here's something I've noticed over the past three weeks. Nobody seemed to really comment on the articles after our 2 wins but let us lose one and watch the comments pile up. Granted, the comments are just that, comments. However, I can't help but wonder if ours fans are truly that fickle or if the fickle ones just seem to vocalize it more than those who are not? Any thoughts?

Answered 09/22/08 12:06:15 by Scott Fowler

A: I can tell you from my own e-mail that people are far more likely to complain when they don't like one of my stories than to send in a compliment when they do. That's just human nature -- folks get mad, they vent. They get happy, they aren't always as quick to vocalize it to everyone.