I got blacklisted and got back in. At this point I'm still not sure what exactly happened, but my best guess would be "burst posting", since I actually do post a lot in short intervals when I'm actually browsing the forum sometimes. In either case, I had no trouble getting reinstated for the airdrop.
I wouldn't call being very careful and selective a power trip either, even though I personally lean to slightly more lax rules. Ultimately both approaches have both up- and downsides though, and it's obviously up to the devs to make the choice for their project.

Did you get blacklisted yourself or something, if you don't mind me asking?