I think you need to get your head checked, cause they not abusing mods.
1. They ban you if they notice you talk about the recent version that is supposed to be only available to Patreon members. Asking about the recent versions update and bugs from it is surefire to be banned from them, and thats on you only.
The only way to avoid that was to Link your Patreon to their Discord server, so they could see what tier version you own on Patreon so they know you are legit are able to play the latest Patreon version.
2. They have Rules that you have to obey like any other server would had, and if you cant follow those at all, then thats on you still.
Calling it mod abuse is the same to call Itch.io a porn site. Both wrong and you did not look further into it.