App Store reviews no longer displayed in reverse chronological order

When I search for an app in the app store and look at its customer reviews, they are in seemingly random order. They always used to be displayed with the newest reviews at the top (reverse chronological order). Now when I look at the customer reviews of the Google Maps app for example, the review listed first is from March 5, 2013. A review from March 7, 2013 is posted below it. I am sure there must be newer reviews than that for such a widely used app. Today is May 17, 2013. Why aren't the newest reviews displayed first anymore?

This is quite frusturating...I too prefer my reviews the old way.
I'm not sure how/why this change occured but as a developer who has used iOS7 beta, I can confirm that user reviews ARE back in reverse chronological order at least in this early first beta.
Doesn't really help now though :/

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