I do not believe reddit ever claimed not to.

Encountering enough u/deleted with [removed by reddit] would certainly lead people to believe that they are definitely capable of removing any trace of a user from the site

Just from a basic technical perspective it seems like it would be pretty easy to delete everything from any one particular originator

Doesn’t even seem to be a particularly difficult thing to do in general

Not entirely sure why theat seems so odd

What did I expect?

If a user did something so egregious that a sitewide ban for cause is warranted then it makes perfect sense that their content would be ejected as well

In my case I did absolutely nothing to warrant a sitewide ban. As a user of 10+ years I was well aware of the rules and conducted myself as such.

If they’re just randomly purgining users then it would make even more sense to remove their content as well as to not leave a lasting reminder of what they did

I was genuinely surprised to find my content still up and available since they can’t seem to even bother responding to my appeal request. Certainly made their action feel permanent