Haters
I find this parallel interesting.  I definitely have "fanboys" (I cringe at the term, but it's what pg uses, so I'll be consistent) who drive me crazy with their complete lack of critical thinking about my work -- I can see obvious flaws in many things I do, but they apparently can't -- but I can't think of anyone whom I would describe as <i>hating</i> me.  Plenty of people <i>ignore</i> me, of course -- but that's quite different from actively denegrating my work or attacking me at every opportunity.<p>I can see three possibilities here:<p>1. I've just been lucky so far.<p>2. I have haters but I've simply not noticed them.<p>3. There's a range in the spectrum of "fame" where people attract fanboys but not haters -- particularly when people are famous within narrow niches -- and I'm in that range.<p>I'm leaning towards the third possibility, but I'm curious what other readers think here.<p>EDIT: pg points out on Twitter that haters are rarer than fanboys, so it may be a combination of 1 & 3: I've been lucky, but most "minor celebrities" are lucky.