No, I have not. I have hated (well, disliked is more accurate, I rarely hate) some things that also happened to be popular. But I dislike those things entirely on their own merit.
For instance, I think Modern Warfare 2 is a bad game because the only part of it I'm interested in (single player) is poorly paced, spastic and plays out like a fevered dream of a 10-year old with ADD. I also dislike Oblivion because of the nonexistant plot, zero noteworthy characters, backwards retarded game mechanics and a bland boring world that simply isn't worth exploring.
Very rarely do I dislike something based on word of mouth and second-hand evidence, but this is usually due to a unanimous vote by pretty much everyone else. For instance, I've never touched Kane&Lynch
og Days, but I'm fairly certain it's a steaming pile of poop. Granted, that game isn't very popular, but the principle stands. I don't need to watch Jersey Shore to know I'd hate it.
In most cases though, I tend to see for myself. I rented Twilight and sat through it to make sure it's bad. It was. I borrowed my friend's copy of Crysis to confirm that it's a boring FPS with overproduced graphics done by an engine wasted on rendering grass.
But I hate it when people accuse me of disliking things because they're popular - I like or dislike stuff and don't care if it's popular.
EDIT: However, there is a simple reason why popular things get hated. They get more spotlight, more people get to hear about them and get to form opinions based on whatever info they find.
