Doesn't just about any website of this size keep backups in case there is some major disaster like a server meltdown, etc? I think that Rendersoity ought to be able to retrieve the deleted images with comments intact if they'd just take the time and make the effort to do it. It seems to me that such a conciliatory step would be the least they could do in order to begin to repair the damage that has been done to affected members.

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