Comment Re:The other side of negative reviews (Score 1) 454
While it's certainly unethical for a vendor to censor reviews -- without at least prominently announcing that they are censoring them -- I have to question the value of reviews by the general public in the first place.
The thing is that the educated buyer sees that even the people not smart enough to understand the technology before trouncing it in an online review get to post their thoughts without it getting wiped, so you know that the knowledgeable who post either good or bad get on there also. On popular items, it is more info to sort through but with more reviews, you can pretty quickly get the picture on what common praises and issues go with that product, breezing by the trolls or flamebait. I also like the feature on Newegg where you can "sort by helpfulness" so that you can see the reviews others have already noted were helpful to them, both positive and negative.