@Gashlycrumb I mean when people make it a policy not to post. That’s it. It’s not complicated.
People can and do rant in private, or in other semi-public forums, discords, reddits. Whatever! That’s all fine. People can say what they want, when they want, where they want. That includes the right to silence, too. No one has to post here, there, or anywhere. If someone doesn’t want to, then please, don’t.
It’s when you make it a policy to police what staff or players on your game can do that it becomes sticky.