@crmsnbleyd Strange. I have never received any remote 'request' to delete the data of a user that has deleted an account (e.g. the account above). All their data is gone. There was this Donkey Years account. All his posts (text and media) were gone the moment he deleted his account.
you are maintaining a cache, and only a cache
This too is confusing. Unsure now if the person in the link is talking about instances specific to Mastodon.