I can understand the point of the author. For example, if you are on an entertainment platform, you break a rule and you can get banned instantly unless you are a big personality.
Sometimes big personalities can get rekt depending on the backlash by the community, for example, the Paul Logan situation on Youtube.

On Twitch.tv at least, girls that bring money get a lot of free passes, no matter how many rules they break the rules of ToS... as long as they bring money no one cares. Small streamers get banned all the time.
Having a lot of popularity is really powerful.