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GameFAQs Nuking Negative Reader Reviews?

Posted by Zonk on from the stranger-things-have-happened dept.

jvm writes "Are negative reader reviews of the Sony PlayStation Portable (like this one) being yanked from GameFAQs? Some have certainly been removed, and Kyle Orland of the Video Game Ombudsman investigates: one of the reviews which was taken down, an interview with the author of the review, and a subsequent anonymous email purportedly by the person who took the review down. The review's author then responds that the justifications are questionable. Accompanying this is a discussion of the handling of reader-submitted reviews." Update: 04/16 04:53 GMT by Z : Many thanks to CJayC for setting the record straight in the comments below.

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  1. Re:CNET Ownership by jayhawk88 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Hmm, let's see, which do you think is the most likely explanation:

    1. One of the many volunteer editors/moderators on GameFAQ's made a poor judgement call with regards to one review.

    2. CNET, in conjunction with Sony, started a vast conspiracy several years ago by purchasing GameFAQ's. Depsite the fact that the PSP was barely in the design stage of production, Sony knew that it must silence one particular persons negative opinion against this mystery product, and so set the wheels in motion. Ignoring all other negative opions of the PSP on GameFAQ's and thousands of other sites, Sony set it's sights directly on this one review, secure in the knowledge that CNET's purchase of GameFAQ's would allow them to slowly yet surely influence the before-then infallible editorial process of what is essentially a hobby site grown to gigantic proportions.