all I did was pay one person a quarter to post any news on a subreddit I created, as detailed in the link provided (OP)
translation: "i violated the rules of reddit by paying a shill to advertise my donation-soliciting web site, and I got burned"
It was more then one shill that did this. I remember the thread the OP posted and several people had responded to his offer.
This was not a
small violation of the rules, but was rather a clear attempt of trying to game the system to get more money