Any word on possibly improving the subreddit’s moderation?
Additionally is there any consideration on possibly removing or revising subreddit rules #3 and #7? These two rules seem to be used to shut down good conversations happening on the subreddit and removing the would allow a more open discourse which in turn tends to lead to better community discussions
This is gonna be a difficult one to get on the same page about, but I'll try anyways.
The goal of those rules is to ensure that moderation issues are reported to the proper channel. There have been numerous cases in the past where issues were brought up on reddit but not through our official reporting system. We want to prevent a situation where reddit is used more for moderation than the proper channels. Having said that, those rules may be too general and could use a review in the future.
In terms of open discussion, we actually try very hard to not stifle open discourse even if it's negative towards the game or developers. If that was our goal, half the threads that appear on this reddit would be deleted. There's been cases where dev team members have actually gotten upset that a negative thread was removed out of error because we staunchly believe in open criticism even when it's uncomfortable to read.