Yeah, this is definitely a case of "better bad from the go than fallen from grace" (don't google it, I just made it up).

If you were already doing good things before, it feels extra bad when you do bad things, because you've accustomed people to you doing good and they can't help but compare you to how you were before. Doesn't matter if there are still others worse than you, you have that standard to live up to. Same reason why Pokemon and Star Wars got shat on so much recently : because it used to be good, very good even.

Keep in mind that some, if not many, of the positive reviews are sarcastic.