Are reviewers afraid of fanboys?

[Torillian]

Some may be afraid because they pay the bills, I'm unsure. But if other reviewers are like myself then fanboys are annoying over anything else. You get used to the idea that no matter what you write someone will always bitch about it, which is unfortunate after putting hours of work into writing the thing that someone will come along, read the scores at the end, and then accuse you of not even playing the game in question.

Those are just my own experiences though, most reviewers probably don't even bother with reading the comments to them, at least on larger sites I would presume they don't.