critical (in a bad way) or cause any offense, but why oh why was the user reviews thingy put up?

Yes, it's good that users are given a chance to express their thoughts on releases, but couldn't that be done on the forums? Which would put a stop the ten reviews of the same thing or releases by the same band...

and the quality of the writing isn't really that great, although some (proslo, for instance) are great. Why elevate ussers to the staff status, when there's a reason for the distinction between the two

thoughts?