Hello, this is Wilson’s mom. The email that your friend sent has had nothing to do with Wilson’s drop in votes. In fact, we have received no communication from the magazine. We have been following your posts since the competition started. Our votes have come from Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and school announcements. One night, I came home to a surge in votes for Wilson. My sons had read your feed about deleting cookies and tried it out. They were given a strong lecture on cheating and forbidden to vote. We have essentially dropped out. I do not condone cheating and didn’t want to promote it in my children. Hairy has an honorable job and deserves a break. I am disappointed that the competition turned out this way. My daughter wrote the initial article, and just wanted to see how far her best friend could get in the competition.