Suggestion: Metacritic-like for content creators

[kalz]

After seeing the designs for the user reviews section I've got an idea that I think is worth sharing.

What it basically boils down to, next to the ExclusivelyGames and User Reviews, there would be a youtuber review section. It could function similar as to how metacritic's main score reviews are working - a creator would register with the website and post their review for a specific game. Users could enter the section and see a list of all youtuber reviews along with their scores - by clicking on it they would be directed to a video.

When posting their video review, youtubers would say whether it was play/pause/pass, and after the verification process (making sure the review is not breaking website terms) it could pop up along with it's score in another tab.

There are also some complementary ideas I've had to this:
- aside from the "site score" (play/pass/...) these reviews could have their personal score that would match what the youtuber gives it in the video, even supporting something crazy such as a 11/10 score or "over 9000" that would be entered as text during posting. It does not have to affect how the site perceives the score (that would come from it's main system) but it would still be displayed with the review link
- there may or may not be an aggregate score from all youtuber reviews (depending on whether that would be deemed appropriate)
- you could even pull some information from youtube api (I think it should be possible?) to show the number of views, likes and dislikes of a youtube review on the site, it's duration etc

I may be wrong, but I don't think an aggregation like that exists anywhere. This could help youtubers (there would be users entering their channel from the site) as well as the site itself (youtubers could promote the website, link it in the description, etc. and their viewers would come here). I understand this creates extra development cost (and probably should not be there in the beginning) but may be a cool and relatively original thing to have in the future. It's basically free content for the website.

However, this would only work if the youtubers would actually agree to do this, which to be honest, I have no idea if they would.

What do you guys think?

[Terrence Fartbubbler]

I like the idea. You know they say alway get a second opinion, it would make sense to have a selection of second opinions only a click away. The problem I see, though, is it seems pretty likely the system would be flooded with youtubers who are just looking for a quick channel bump, because buying into the fantasy of playing video games for a living shouldn't require years of cultivating an audience organically. I think it would work better if they whitelist trusted reviewers who have a talent and dedication to it, and maybe have an process for others to apply.