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"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.