You might outnumber them, but you may be less vital. A person that takes the time to write is a potential evangelist.

And you'd better be pretty confident about 'N'. Threads like this and readers like yourself may provide a short term boost or bust, but communicative visitors can broadcast the message off-line for months to come.

I think you'd agree that we should aim higher (much, much higher), than just avoiding getting into a flame war.