Unidan later responded from a new account (UnidanX) with his characteristic pluck to confirm that he had, in fact, broken one of reddit’s cardinal rules:
Unidan here! Completely true, mainly used to give my submissions a small boost (I had five “vote alts”) when things were in the new list, or to vote on stuff when I guess I got too hot-headed. It was a really stupid move on my part, and I feel pretty bad about it, especially because it’s entirely unnecessary. Completely understandable catch on the side of the admins, so good work for them! I’ve already deleted the accounts and I won’t be doing that again, obviously. I always knew I’d go down in a hail of crows, but who knew it’d be on the internet? (Deimorz, 2014)