Philly is banned from HF because Omniscent felt ForumKorner was a threat to HF and that Philly was using it to advertise his site. Also him "selling" moderation positions isn't even a bad thing, he asked for the user to verify himself so that he couldn't scam out. You gotta remember that running a forum with 30000+ members isn't easy so if someone with trusted rep wants to invest in your business/forum in return for a moderation position of course you'd do it. In the real world that's how businesses work, not everything is sunshine and rainbows.