I've noticed with any forum, there tends to exist a little bit of group-think. Certain things tend to become accepted as true, even if they aren't entirely true or need to be elaborated with more information.

For instance, last year some guy was growing a plant in his yard, but it was starting to get higher than his fence and he didn't want his neighbors to see. He wanted to top it, but everyone here told him, no topping is bad, use LST (despite the fact that the plant was like 5 feet tall!). So he bent the thing over and cracked the stem. Coincidentally, there was a rainstorm the day before, and his yard was really wet. The plant got all wilted and dead within a day or two, and the people here told him that it must have been all that water that killed his plant. Duh, he cracked the stem! True, topping CAN negatively affect yields a little bit, and too much water will stunt your plant's growth, but too much water will not make your plant wilt up and die in a day like that.

So while there was a grain of truth in the advice he was given, the people who responded had their priorities all screwed up and ended up getting the guy to kill his plant. He would have been better off if he had topped it like he was planning to.

So I guess the moral of this story is, take free advice with a grain of salt, especially if it comes from a bunch of stoners on the internet.