Have you ever looked at the laundry list of "vice presidents" on the reddit inc site? It's severely mismanaged from the top down, it comes as no surprise that the right hand doesn't know what the left one is stroking.
Your theory sucks. I, in these words, told the reddit admins to go fuck themselves sideways with a truckload of lawn furniture, and my account still isn't banned.
There's be an instance with ads eventually. You'll see.