First, let me say that most of the mods are doing an excellent job, but there are a couple that I have noticed that are walking on thin ice.
I agree with most of the things that have already been said here about mods laying off bans and how sometimes we can't tell if a spam topic is a spam topic. Some mods will consider a topic that is questionably spammy a spam topic just because they think not enough discussion will arouse from it, but it really depends. With every little discussion, a bigger discussion can awaken from it. Mods should give some topics a change before locking it. And if mods don't consider that opinion, then at least give a warning instead of banning. Such as, whena mod bans a user, whenever that user tries to post, it says: "ERROR YOU HAVE BEEN BANNED for x amount of days for x reason." Instead of that, mods should have the option to write a warning page, such as: "You did this and this is your warning." and users can confirm the warning and go ahead and make the post.
I don't post much in General these days as I used to. I'm actually pretty frightened of this place because one little mistake I make can result me in a 3 day ban. I usually go in the BBS to post in the last.fm club because I know I can be pretty safe there because most of the things I will discuss are music related and I can be mature when it comes to such subject (i.e. discussing why screamo is still a genre and how people have their own opinions.) But my point is that regulars such as myself have been here for quite a while. We know the rules. Mods don't need to remind us by banning us every time we fault unless it becomes excessive. I think a mature mod would be one that would report to Wade if they saw that another mod was completely abusing his/her power, but no one likes to be the tattle-tale.
The biggest problem I have noticed is what I have described above. Whilst I know others complain about the BBS being too "unoriginal", I really think that's been the bottom of the turmoil since mid 08. Sometimes there will be a new topic about something that is going on in the news lately, which is as a matter of fact how I know what's going on in the world currently. Joke (and I don't literally mean joke jokes, but more as something quite funny that mods would sometimes consider spam topics) should be allowed because it adds spark and rainbows to the forum and lets everyone enjoy it.
TL:DR ; Mods need to chill the fuck out.