MA – it probably has to do with the “basically” part of the “basically exactly what Lilmod wrote”. I have found that at times the moderators won’t post something I write, but then when I rewrite it, making a slight change in the way it’s phrased, they will post it, even though it has the same meaning as the first attempt.
The difference usually has to do with connotation. Sometimes something can be written in a way that gives off a negative connotation that may not even be what the poster intended at all, but will affect the way the words are heard and understood by the listeners/readers.
I think that sometimes when people get upset by your posts, there may not have necessarily been anything so wrong with what you meant by your posts, but the problem may have had to do with the way they were phrased.
His post was not remotely similar to yours.