If the staff of GTAForums were actually more mature then the idiots who post the garbage, I could see even lurking there as entertaining, but I didn't come to any forum to be passive, and the staff still have a lot to learn about being mature. Since they banned me and won't say anything about it in light of the fact I never broke the rule they accused me of, and they wouldn't even 'man up' to put their name to the vote.
I was hassled a lot, and early on I tried my best to ignore it, but when it wouldn't settle down and friends were treated shabbily, I just felt oppressed and couldn't enjoy being there.
It's nice on these other forums as you can feel like you don't miss anything with the lack of an abundance of material. I'd prefer everyone sounding off though.
GTAForums is still the most active, and largest online forum, but I still won't cowtow to idiot demands. Not all their staff are head in the sand variety, but they do come off as elitist rather then understanding of other's positions