https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34208686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34208686 Bad past behavior. Their comment wasn't flag-killed, it was dead on

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34208686 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34208686 Bad past behavior. Their comment wasn't flag-killed, it was dead on arrival but can be vouched for (presumably you did). When comments show up [dead] (no [flagged]) it's usually some moderation (auto or manual) action that caused it. [flagged][dead] is the result of user flagging. They can reach out to dang and appeal it (looking briefly through their comments since then I didn't see anything quite like that one that caused the initial ban, but it was a cursory check).