No, he's not.
There is no such thing as a new account blocked from leaving comments.
💂 "Wait, is this the memer formally known as Grind?"
👻 "Um, uh, yes"
💂 "We deleted you twice"
👻 "But can't I join again, I'll be good, you'll see"
💂"Tell you what we'll do, we'll allow you to rejoin, but in a limited capacity. Only meme suibmissions, but no comments"
👻 "Well, uh, ok then, if you must"
- is a convo that never happened.
You're either ban hammered, or you ain't, no purgatory for new accounts in the TOS.
His messages are trying to sound like Grind (ooh, he called me "V" just like Grind did!), they don't, which is why he won't do comments.
I already busted an imitation Grind profile last month. That was MadTitan. He said Grind stuff, but not in Grind's distinctive way, which is too difficult to duplicate.