What's up with this forum always having this weird entitled anti-Larian tendency to turn everything into a negative.
It's literally a community thing that many companies do because why not. It's nice and sometimes even cool. The most recent video community event I recall was with the game Control, where people were able to send their questions to the actress Courtney Hope. So it's nothing out of the ordinary as plenty of companies do it and it ends up being nice.
As for this event, nobody is forcing you to participate nor anything of the sorts.