I assume it comes off as sensitive because they don't want 80-page stan wars going on outside SYG and in a thread where people who may consider joining can see it. Business standpoint I guess. Forums always wanna attract new members and arguing over who sold 5k more than someone else out in the open comes off as unprofessional and undesirable to the Admins, hence the WP system to stray some from acting that way.
Although alot of the things that go on here are the main selling points to join. For stans at least.