1xbit promoters are fine to accept negative feedback for money, I've not heard if the participants are not get paid, so why you can say the 1xbit promoters are victims?
I think what op meant as the promoters of 1xbit are also their victims is based on the fact that every one who wore the 1xbit signature has now ended up with a negative tagged account meanwhile, 1xbit is no longer here on the forum to keep paying them.
It's indeed a lesson for us all to learn, money comes in various means, but we should only give attention to money that comes while maintaining our reputation rather than destroy it.
By the way, I am just learning about 1xbit exiting the forum now, for a while I stopped seeing their signature ad campaigns around but thought they were only on break or on a little pause, it's unfortunate for the high ranking accounts that may not be able to get accepted into other signature campaigns at the moment and going forward.