IGN managment is trying to bring back Mythic’s devs to post on their boards:

Little bird told me you would be seeing more of Mythic Staff soon, stay tuned for an announcement

How they will try to reach that goal?

This is straight from the VN TOS, I hope it clears up your question some;

Excessive Ranting/ Game Bashing (back)
Posters who we feel are here to heckle the fans of the game, make it their duty to “warn off others” from trying a game, or simply making negative comments on a game and its fans at any given opportunity, will not be tolerated. Posters are free to discuss a game, but if we feel somebody is taking their comments “over the edge”, we hold the right to remove their posts and possibly ban them from this forum.

The Vault Network is a fansite and these are still fan boards. Fans of the game whether they have negative or positive opinions are welcome. Non-fans/former fans that hate/despise and think the game is a “POS” or any variation there of, are welcome to move along and find somewhere else to be, as we feel you are contributing nothing to the community and are disrupting it. If you feel strongly about something, then modify your style so we are not dealing with flame wars all the time.

Posters are free and encouraged to use “constructive criticism”. What do we define as constructive criticism?
Basically, it’s when a user defines a problem, posts why they think it’s a problem, then offers a solution to fix that problem, then people can debate it on its merits.

And Sanya’s comment followed:

Plain and simple – some people have already made up their minds. They’ve said, in this thread, that NOTHING Mythic does/says will change their minds.

There are only a certain number of hours in the day, there are only three people on the Herald team – and there is no reason for me to spend time on people who say they’ve made up their minds. I respect people enough to take their word for it. I don’t understand why those people would still be here taking the time away from real customers and players that care.

There will never be personal responses to every thread and every email until there are as many members of the Herald team as there are customers. We try to read it all, synthesize the information, and present it to the development team. I wish personal replies to everything was possible, but it simply isn’t.

The more productive this board is, and the more actual customers are represented here, the more Missy will be able to post. I interact with hundreds of customers a day – this thread, and this board, are in no way representative of my players. My players are civil and well spoken, and realistic even as they dream.

The two messages collided. The result?
A massive censoring campaign spreading around all the forums.
Now the boards represent way better the community.

Remember: The reality is only what you can see. There are peoples choosing what you can and what you cannot see.