So it's my first day here and I'm loving the freedom; that's because I am from GAMESPOT  DDDDD: 
 
The most frivolous sorts of "moderations" happen there for the worst reasons, done by the worst set of forum moderators I've ever seen. Their senses of justice in the forums are strong, I'll give them credit for that--but I think it's all very unneeded.  
 
Let's say a troll trolls the people of the Final Fantasy 7 board and you come in to say something like "shoo, troll!" or "troll, troll, go away," you'll be violating the rules and essentially be "trolling" as well. I mean, you are rebutting the troll's words with your teases, but is it necessary for a moderator to mod you for that? (Keep in mind, they'd either mod you for trolling or "not adding to the discussion," which is exactly the reason why I hate most forums in the first place...you can't say a single off-topic sentence or help with warding off the trolls. 
 
But say you disagree with me up there ^^^^ 
 
Fine, I understand. But when the mods act as if they sit upon golden thrones and address you as "forumites" and constantly tell you "Nice try, come back for help when you come back with a better attitude"...don't we all start to become irritated? It's draconian. Everyone has to sit around asking the mods really polite, formal questions and answering in the same drab way. Why the hell can't you just give short answers and not thank the mods so graciously? Yeah, they have tough jobs, and you should appreciate them...but is there honestly a reason for being required to DEIGN to them?  
 
Every post a mod disagrees with is modded with a different bias from each moderator. These volunteer mods twist things out of proportion and context, and even one of the Gamespot employees  enforces strict laws...which are designed specifically for the protection of mods (you better protect 'em, people don't like 'em ;p).  
 
TL;DR - Gamespot is just way too structured and dainty and draconian for my liking. Users and moderators are allowed to twist things out of proportion, to pretend they're really THAT offended when you tell them to get better at a game. I'm switching over to GiantBomb for a while. You might not have a problem with Gamespot; explore the forums a bit and you'll find something.