I'm sure they are just looking to replace the reddit moderator. They wouldn't want any real feedback, if they did, they would consider actually getting involved with their own forums. As it is, I'm surprised they don't just take them down altogether.
I have this suspicion that rather than having containment threads, this whole forum acts like a containment thread for them aka a place where everyone who wants to vent and rant in essay format can do just that, not impacting or annoying the larger fanbase on steam, reddit, twitter...
