Been for the last couple of months. A few of us authors refuse to use it, unless the review is abuse directed personally, against this site's T&C or is nonsensical/random spam (like, "here's a free coupon for dubious product, use it at dubious site.").

Power rankings mean nothing anyway by design. Limiting accounts to just 1 review per novel that can be edited etc is really easy.
The problem is that the majority of the novels in this site are trash tier. A product is a product. Can't have people warning you off before even trying it....

happened bc WN has too few moderators and too many users did hate/troll/exp reviews. Is a necessary evil.

Literally just noticed this. Although I don't agree with it and won't be using it, its not too bad of an option but should have some limitations.
Like they should only be 'deletable' for a certain time after being posted.
They must fulfill some other criteria like if its a troll review (which there are a lot off) etc.
On one hand, people are free to voice their opinions but on the other hand, many times it can also be just hate-fueled nonsense.

    Well, when you get reviews where people insult you in a single sentence despite his/her reading status being Chapter 0 (meaning he/she never even read a single word of your story), don't you think you should have the right to delete that?

      5 days later

      If the reason for the review was personal attack or just plain trolling, I will delete it. But if it was other than that, I have no choice but to let it stay.

        I say the daily [ Post a review] mission plays a significant role in the recent influx of spam in the review section,I dare say it's the cause for the majority of the Fatuous & Nonsensical comments that fill said place. Makes you wonder if the site's without any form of Spam Prevention.

        I got hit too, there should be a badge for users that get there critical reviews deleted.

          6 months later

          DipTheDoggie Hi. I want to know how to delete reviews. There are some reviews on my fanfictions that are 1 star and the only thing in those reviews is xpxpxpxpxpxpxp... Or they don't like the fandom itself so they gave a bad review. Completely baseless. At least give a valid reason for not liking the fanfiction. If someone doesn't like a fandom then why even read it? Please, I want to know how to delete those reviews.

            manny0101 Go to the review on your story page (scroll all the way down) and click on the trashbin icon that's at the right bottom of that specific review you want.

              7 months later

              Tomoyuki hey i can't find it on my phone. There is some asshole who is continuously spamming one star reviews on my stories and i dont know how to delete them. Can you help me?

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