User blog comment:763492/Hatsune Miku on Hollywood's Walk of Fame/@comment-25577599-20141025005813/@comment-5051846-20141025134254

From what I saw I think quite a few of the dislikes could have come from Vocaloid fans, a lot of vitriol was generated amongst the community by those that disagreed with the song choice. Then there is this: how can we know that the small percentage of people put off Vocaloid are not exactly the same small amount that would have occurred no matter what was done? There was never going to be a situation where every single person liked what they saw. There was always going to be a subset that hated it, that is statistically natural.

We already know that Vocaloid has a significant hatedom, and for a variety of reasons people will dislike Miku. As far as a reaction goes, it was very muted. Vocaloid was introduced to the general public and no one particularly cared; some were interested, some disliked it; a few had extreme feelings. It was nothing huge, but I don't believe what we are seeing is the aftermath of a trainwreck.

Think about what people shared about it, what most people felt. The silent majority waiting in the background makes it almost impossible to judge from what small snapshot we can see whether the reaction was positive or negative. orz To call it a disaster is a leap of assumption we don't have the evidence to make.