They're cracking down on it. Its more common in the Blog comments. Especially if you comment in the shoutbox too. I've talked to several recent bannees who barely say a word or more about Josh or Jody that got banned.
Their forums are very incestuous. They only tolerate like minded people.
It's like Josh, Jody, Lab_Rat and grnbrg all have sex with each other and their offspring is 90% of the forum users
That's a pretty good way of putting it, actually.