Can I require a positive review?

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It appears that I can be as negative as I want, although, I doubt that would get me more offers to review things. And I so want to review things!

The Review Me blog has a post up about this, as Michael Arrington of Tech Crunch attacked another pay-per-post venture, as at first glance, it appeared that they didn’t have to disclose they were blogging for money.

I think that most bloggers who do the “review me” thing won’t be as obvious as I am about the fact that they are being paid. I’ve got this policy as being as up front as possible (as me a question, and I’ll always anwer it), but I’m sure others will be shady, with it being small text, pushed to the bottom of the post.

I suppose we’ll see over time if this takes off.