It could also be that someone from Google saw the post and put in a request for reconsideration on your behalf too. Unfortunately, a perk of working at Google

It could also be that someone from Google saw the post and put in a request for reconsideration on your behalf too. Unfortunately, a perk of working at Google means that any requests by Google employees get extra consideration (at least with several issues friends have had to deal with involving Google taking down videos/channels on YouTube)