This thread prompted me to check my old account which I had completely scraped clean around a year ago. I was shocked to find that posts I made in an extremely popular subreddit a long time ago were restored. I am very sad that the admins of Reddit are resorting to such immoral tactics.
Unfortunately, the question of legality hasn't stopped Reddit. Many people have been reporting that their comments have been restored against their will [https://kbin.social/m/RedditMigration/t/34112/Updated-Reddit-is-quietly-restoring-deleted-AND-overwritten-posts-and#comments].
This thread prompted me to check my old account which I had completely scraped clean around a year ago. I was shocked to find that posts I made in an extremely popular subreddit a long time ago were restored. I am very sad that the admins of Reddit are resorting to such immoral tactics.