Greetings bwomm-team,

I really am wondering, if any bad reviews might be as helpful as good reviews and hence get as many up-votes as a good review would have - in this I doubt. (Who would want to test something that was judged bad to confirm the review?) Also I feel like restaurants and hotels that are reviewed poorly/badly might just end their cooperation with you or your token. So you yourself would have a much higher interest in good reviews. Finally I feel like the community status (BWST) is similar to "followers" on other sites like (e. g.) instagram. Companies (here: hotels and restaurants) would pay good money to approach these "influencers" with a high status. This would undermine your idea of democracy.
If you involve money or an other value to reviews, the majority will do what is best to get the highest profit. This of course is rational, but seldom objective and therefore dishonest. It seems like there might be a need for some kind of protection mechanisms or review-evaluators.

Don't just become a conventional "major review website" yourself - you can pull it off. Good luck.