I was reading about this, and apparently this isn't something Reddit is doing deliberately, it's an issue with the script that has since been corrected. You need to look for the version with the 5 second delay.
this post was submitted on 18 Jun 2023
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Oh awesome, thank you for the explanation! I'll edit my post here
I've used Power Delete Suite on Monday and up until yesterday, all my comments and posts were deleted, but now they're back
Someone else noted that the scripts couldn't catch the comments posted in locked subs during the blackout. You might try running it again now that subs are opening back up. I didn't have too many left
It happened to me to but not because they restored anything. It happened because I started removing my submissions and content AFTER the blackout started. Since you can't remove content from closed subreddits the script wasn't able to get it all. As subreddits started opening up again those submissions were visible again too.
Really? I mean I'm not sure if that's even legal (at least in the EU)
Definitely illegal in the EU. You can even explicitly request Reddit to remove all your content (the 'right to be forgotten')
Oh shoot, I didn't know that. I'll try that next
Yeah, idk if my account was flagged for using a program to mass delete everything, though. That's why I wanted to make sure to bring awareness to anyone using a similar program. It might be more reliable to edit or delete manually
You got any other counts of this occuring? Could just be a bug or spam detection.
Yeah, that's possible. I did get an email from reddit that they did notice I added redact somehow. I just wanted to make sure to get it out there that if anyone's using a similar program it's possible the accounts are being flagged for that and being restored