I had a good conversation with the manager at ALLPCB today, and suggest to them, that their activity was 失面子 ( loosing face ). The penny clicked. They did not realise that paying peopel for comments, was causing them problems. ( glory bee ) . Too late probalby to save them here at EEVblog, but they have been good to me, and they appreicated the feedback. There is such a cultrual mis-match and sometimes they get it wrong.. ( and sometimes this side of the world, gets it wrong too ).
Be kind. but be firm.