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the unpaid judge whose three stars can sink a restaurant before lunch
means A person who examines and gives a judgment on something — a book, film, restaurant, product, or piece of work — usually in written form for the benefit of others.
from From "review," which traces back through Old French "reveue" (a viewing again, an inspection) to the Latin "re-" (again) plus "videre" (to see) — the same "videre" that gives us "video" and "vision." So at heart a reviewer is one who looks, then looks again, before passing judgment. The "-er" is the plain English agent suffix, the one that turns any action into the person who does it.
- power asymmetry
- one bad review erases a hundred good ones
- peer review
- scientific gatekeepers work for free, anonymously
- verified purchase
- most online reviews come from people who bought nothing
- oldest gig
- Roman graffiti rated brothels and bakeries
- star inflation
- 4.2 average now reads as suspiciously mediocre
roger ebert — film critic who reviewed movies for the chicago sun-times for 46 years until his death in 2013
michelin guide inspectors — anonymous restaurant reviewers who have rated dining establishments since 1900 in france
anthony bourdain — food and travel critic who reviewed restaurants and cultures across 80+ countries on cnn