They really just need to completely kill the review and rating system, and start over from scratch -- they somehow managed to make something shittier than eBay

They really just need to completely kill the review and rating system, and start over from scratch -- they somehow managed to make something shittier than eBay ratings! The star ratings are totally useless -- everything trends to the same average. It should be replaced with a 'flagging' system -- Craigslist is a good example. There'd be only two buttons: "Report this app" and "This is awesome!". Both would be followed up with annoying email surveys, and the results would not be directly shown in the UI anywhere. An Amazon-style review system could work: a Pro Apple review for prominent apps, along with user reviews filtered by "Was this insightful?" voting from other users who downloaded the app, with a strong version-decay. I highly doubt Apple will ever do something anywhere near that decent.