Isn't it more likely that the admin is using the post to ferret out compromised reddit accounts in an upvote network?
As far as I remember that post received more than 4k upvotes in minutes, which is highly unusual for a post in a rather obscure subreddit.
Hour-old account, archive.is domain. I feel like that's a hint...
As opposed to an "aged" account with karma 4 that made a few vanilla comments a month ago and is now here promoting Washington Post on Reddit? :)
Yeah, I made an account a while ago with the intent to participate and realized I wasn't nearly technical enough to add any value yet, but back now that I'm farther along with my CS degree. For once I had some relevant info! Shitload of Reddit, though, and easy to spot certain patterns from a mile away, just funny to see it here.