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The user who made that comment (and subsequently deleted it) was http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anon1231213 http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anon1231213
by milestinsley 15y ago
The user who made that comment (and subsequently deleted it) was http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anon1231213 http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=anon1231213
As you can see, their karma is -2, but there are no comments on their profile. This would suggest that karma does persist after a comment is deleted.
...unless I'm missing something.