Is there any way to prevent rampant abuse of the reviewer feedback system?

[shinseiRomeo]

I started writing reviews for the site back in August. The more I review and write, the longer and more in-depth I get. My reviews usually take around two hours to write per BD to truly research and give proper feedback.

I noticed months ago how easy the system is to abuse. Someone could have a friend create an account and positive rank every review and at the same time if someone dislikes you for any reason, members can target you and give you a negative rank right down your list of reviews. The latter just happened to be sometime this morning, which is quite disheartening, and to be blunt, has me quite peeved.


Is there any way to prevent abuse of the review rating system or any changes planning to be implemented in the future?


Also, does anyone have the ability to track who the abusers are and punish them if needed? I noticed home theater ratings show who left feedback, but reviewer ratings do not.