We believe @the_architect was engineering bans to get attention.
It was @the_architect getting instantly banned that initially drew our attention to them. Then the account was reinstated, without moderator intervention, which was very unusual, and drew even more attention.
At that point, @sheralmyst thought this might be an ARG, but unfortunately we were misled by confusing web searches, and dismissed the idea.
Then @the_architect “liked” a really obscure post of mine from 6 months ago, which, again, we thought was odd behaviour, and made us look at them again. So we visited the web site referenced in their account information.
And the rest, you know.