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Can anyone explain why the comment in this subthread by keating is marked as "[dead]"? What does that mean?

• allenbrunson 18y ago
  "dead" means "killed by a yc editor." somebody with some authority around here thought the comment was extremely inappropriate, trolling, spam, etc
  • hugh 18y ago
    Hmm, so why doesn't it just get deleted?
    • rms 18y ago
      So people can't cry "censorship"
      • lolb 18y ago
        But it's still censorship?
    • allenbrunson 18y ago
      generally speaking, they are. if you don't want to see them, set the "showdead" parameter in your profile to "no." i assume they're kept around in zombie state for forensic purposes.