343 can't really be touched legally. It's their right.
It's also petty, especially considering how toothless the comment actually was in the grand scheme of things.
"But all shit talk on the internet should stop. It's a problem."
Sure, but this isn't the hill to die on. No anonymous online poster filled with frustration is going to look at this case and say "No, perhaps today is the day I cease posting incendiary hyperbole and venting my frustrations." Hell, this isn't even remotely representative of the problem people have with online shit talking. It wasn't professional sure, but at that point he didn't have any reason to be. He was a fan and consumer frustrated at the state *he* felt 343 had left things in.
"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes."
I guess, but to me the consequences far outweigh the "crime" in this situation. I find it interesting that so many people coldly judge others based only on action, and then in the reverse demand that they be judged on circumstance. I know that there are few if any of us here who haven't done the same. It's human.
And to the detective who dug it all up. I genuinely don't know your motivations, but justice wasn't served. Some very real consequences are being felt by someone who isn't you, as a direct result of your actions. You had every right to what you did, but I'd argue you have no right to feel proud of them. In a lot of ways I judge what you did as far more damaging than what the poster said. But that's just me.
In all, I just feel bad for the dude whose life got flip turned upside down because he made a hyperbolic forum post in frustration. Doesn't raise him above consequence, but I feel like it was an excessive reaction.