From what I've been noticing it hasn't as much of people trying to cause trouble(other than B1G and a few others), just a lot of junk topics thatsimply waste space. But some are obviously faked.

I've had several usernames over the past 4 years(never banned or anything) and I'll scan a forum and maybe recognize only a small handfull of names. Maybe it's just the time of year, more people are here for pointers, but it seems worse than ever. And there definitely a few people I'd like to see tone it down a bit, but I'm not generally one to complain.