I rebuff, absolutely reject, the vile speculation currently in vogue that many of my readers are too dim to figure out how to vote on the "Winter" stories. That's insulting to them and to the simplicity of this site's ballot-casting procedures.
As many of you know, I pay no attention to my reader scores, so this inquiry - - generated by a curious "Winter" reader - - is purely to invite impartial analysis by the scientific community.
My latest story, "Winter's Dilemma" has a little over 20,000 downloads. Not that many compared with popular writers here. The number of "Dilemma" votes cast is, at this moment, let me double-check, 235.
An earlier story, "Winter's Gamble" also had over 20,000 downloads. But received 496 votes. More than twice as many.
Why the contrariety? One theorist speculates that "Gamble" has been around several weeks longer than "Dilemma". If that's the sole explanation, then I guess SOL readers vote late and seldom. Which would contrast them with Chicago voters.
Any other hypotheses?
Paige