I could tell Lauda to fuck off and nothing would happen regardless of what the conspiracy theories would lead you to believe. I don't think many recipients of [theymos] PM would feel the same way about a request from admin.
When you have a request from a random forum user that's a different case, when have it from theymos (forum admin) it feels a lot different.
When you hear it from theymos it is like you don't really have a choice. Actually you can tell theymos to duck off (i didn't say it but came pretty close when I got the PM) just like you do it to any people but you understand the difference.