Applause vs. Admire

Would someone be so kind as to explain the purpose of these two functions and the difference between them? Need to abandon all this fluff and go back to the rating system where you give two ratings for each photo; one for technical competency and another for aesthetic originality. There were so many things that worked simply and effectively in the old system. Either the designers of the new system didn't know their platform or the programmers were not skilled enough to implement the design. Certainly, no one on either end devoted much time to debugging the system after it was coded.

The title of the post needs to be right above the post text. The ads and tag info make it difficult for the reader to connect the title and the text. Every page on the site is like this one---- a BFM.