This is old, but … it’s pretty relevant. I was looking for the same thing. I’m using the API to report bad players for a game. This shouldn’t be limited. However, our BOT account doesn’t need to access any admin settings, just simply post. I read that you need to be an ADMIN to do this:
This is pretty nasty … why would I have to make the bot account an admin to bypass rate limitations just for posting? In 2017, is there a better way to do this?