Some people feel intimidated because of their lack of knowledge. They feel that they’ll be attacked for their ignorance. This doesn’t really happen unless you act like you know things when you don’t. People will come down on you for that. Not everyone, but a few.
Others think it’s intimidating based on the fact that we expect people to take more responsibility for their actions. Like encouraging people not to come to us if they don’t like someone and making sure people tell others to STOP before expecting us to babysit.