A lot of people here is doing this shit for years. If I'm correct, there are a lot of forum members who have been in this, and of course, there are reputed users who have written reviews for $5. I personally believe that it's dishonesty. But I don't think it's hated that much here.
Offtopic- You created this thread after almost two weeks from the creation of that thread which made me confused about what actually happened.