detractors

What does this even mean, all her detractors were also the ones creating the content?

His incoherent, perhaps schizophrenic rambling and threats towards his detractors over the years have certainly soured me.

The most virulent detractors were a vocal minority, they were the mods of a few large subreddits.

Spending your way out of recession [in the midst of large pre-existing debt] has its own supporters and detractors.

Cynics and detractors have already pointed out the corruption, cronyism, the woeful state of pension reform and rampant tax evasion.

This is a reason they are a bit polarizing and find detractors as well as fans.

The lifetimes of battery packs have been greatly underestimated by detractors for quite some time.

That may well be the case, but my only other information source is HN comments, and not those made by detractors either.

I'm personally excited - there were a lot of detractors and doubters, and I was one of them.

Pao's reasonable detractors will say that she's fighting for her own financial interests.

His point about superheroes being detractors from reality is an interesting one.

Can someone explain to me what systemd detractors are actually worried about?

I say "emotionally distraught" because JavaScript seems to attract detractors who think that strong feelings are a valid substitute for logic.

A running joke, "ethics in journalism", by detractors and the very same "journalists" being criticized for ethical transgressions is not effective for anything, besides perpetuating the "this is really about misogyny" meme.

Pao's most vocal detractors "perceived" all sorts of crazy things, from malicious edits (ranging from comments about Pao's husband to moderation of stories about the Trans Pacific Partnership) to a holy crusade against just the kinds of hate speech Pao didn't like, so no, I don't think I'm required to accept the argument that in this case, perception is nearly as important as reality.