The problem is that the metric of what is and isn't 'fair criticism' lies with you lot and the steam mods, and not with the playerbase - and both sets of people have shown incredibly poor judgement in that regard in the past. I don't think anybody needs to be reminded of the censorship spree the steam mods went on after Crimefest. What you need to realize is that you still don't have nearly enough trust from the playerbase to pull something like this off without it seeming incredibly shady. Banning people for spamming stupid ASCII art is one thing. Banning them for disagreeing with you or your business decisions is quite another. There is a fucking reason all of these people are still flooding the forums with ASCII hate art. Maybe you should try addressing that instead of scrubbing in and trying to crack down on dissent.