You are confusing mods and admins.

> For example, if you make a few self posts, make tons of comments, post links to 5 different websites, then post 1 link to your website, you are breaking the rule and if a mod sees it you can be banned (comments/self posts don't count towards the 90/10 rule so your 5 posts to 1 self promotion post is breaking the rules).

Some admin recently said that something like that has never happened. Only flagrant violators of that rule get shadowbanned by the admins.