Truth: Some users think honesty equals being pressed and they expect u to lie about ur opinion just to conform.
Truth: Some moderators are pressed and have the power to close any thread and end an on-going discussion even if you don't agree with them. They can also warn anything they themselves find warnable
Applause isn't a flop just because it didn't go to number one for 10 weeks in 100 different countries and cure world hunger, aids, cancer, every type of allergy and raise the dead.