I brought this up on the NYC board and got some positive feedback. Taking a cue from eBay when the reviewer handles are displayed in a provider profile, also list their review count. For example:
anicejohn(71)
smelly(5)
etc.
That way without clicking through to each reviewers list of reviews, you could look over the list of reviewers and get a better picture of the crediblility.
If so desired, this could be a vip-only feature. It could also display review count and whitelist count:
anicejohn(71/5)
This suggestion came up in context of exposing potential shill reviews. You may well see a provider profile with 10 solid reviews, but each "reviewer" may only have one or two reviews.
If you think this is a worthwhile enhancement, please chime in. Thanks.