this really does not have to get out of hand.
(edits follow, less said the better i think)
Look i don't really think Simon is saying everyone should only give positive feedback, that is what he himself does.
He does have a point though, bad games get no good ratings and people dont talk about game, and the game passes into the sands of time.
I was of the understanding, as far as everything i have seen on this website for years, that people can, and do, rate games poor, granted not much, but it happens, and no one appears to have a problem with that. There is not some type of policy that this cannot be done on this website, why would there be an option to rate 'poor' and 'average' or 'below average' etc etc.