I agree with this sentiment entirely. I generally only check the poor reviews of a place and then try to corroborate them/see if it's something I can live with.

I agree with this sentiment entirely. I generally only check the poor reviews of a place and then try to corroborate them/see if it's something I can live with. This is especially true on Amazon, but I trust Amazon less and less as time goes on. I especially appreciate more now the idea of Zagat's guide or similar things of that ilk where the incentive structure is clear: I pay for good reviews. Weirdly enough, I think some reviewers have found ways where they are wealthy enough that they are much less likely to be corrupted. Like Marques Brownlee for example IMO seems like you'll get whatever he's personally biased by but I don't feel like some company can just buy a good review from him