User blog comment:SeddieWarrior/Don't Hate on Dan/@comment-3247345-20111124060642

As far as the lack of episodes goes, you're 100% correct. I'm pretty annoyed with Nick in that regard. 4 months between iOMG and iLost My Mind is ridiculous. My guess is that NIck would say there's a scheduling problem. They would say they can't fit in all the shows. That's just not true. At minimum they have 2 hours on Friday and 2 hours on Saturday. Unless there's a special, that means they have the chance to show 8 new episodes. The shows that they have been showing new episodes of are iCarly, Victorious, Big Time Rush and Supah Ninjas (that show sucks by the way), and Spongebob. That means they could show all of those every week with 3 slots to spare. I don't think that many people are blaming Dan for that. That's not why there's hate for him. I think the main reason people are angry is the way he screws with the shippers. The little stunt he pulled in iLove You pissed off a lot of people, including me. You can look at the comments on the Seddie page in the week or two following the premier of iLove You if want to see how much he angered us. I do think a lot of the garbage he's been pulling is at least partially motivated by money. Writing these shows is how he makes a living. You said it yourself, teasing us keeps people interested and keeps ratings up. Fun facts, pictures of upcoming episodes, and his Youtube videos also keep people interested which keeps ratings up. High ratings attract advertisers, who pay money. High ratings is what brings in the money. I'm not saying that Dan doesn't care about his fans. He clearly does. The things he does for his fans deserve praise. I just don't think we can completely rule out money as a motive. I'm sure his motives include love for his fans and his work, but I don't think he's completely ignores money. iLove You showed he's willing to piss of large numbers of fans. Despite all this, I don't hate Dan. I still think he's a really good writer and a comedic genius. He screwed up in iLove You, but he still has until the end of the series to fix that. I love his other shows too. 10 years ago, All That and the Amanda show were my favorite shows. I also liked Drake and Josh and Zoey 101 too. I don't hate Dan. He did one thing that pissed off me and a lot of other people. Just because he did that doesn't make all of the awesome things about him invalid, though. I'm still a fan of his and always will be.