The forums are constantly doing something now, which makes the Refresh/Stop button in Chrome flash like mad. Seems like some sort of request or loading is taking place (and finishing immediately) repeatedly.
Text input when typing a response also seems to lag and be affected/lag whenever this occurs.
EDIT: In general, browser performance is definitely compromised because of this site now. Scrolling in another tabs freezes whenever the reload shenanigans occur in a gamedev.net tab.