1. He was hellbanned. It's an anti troll mechanism, which used to be quite effective, but now has a lot of false positives, esp since it can be triggered by an

1. He was hellbanned. It's an anti troll mechanism, which used to be quite effective, but now has a lot of false positives, esp since it can be triggered by an unpopular comment by a user with a low karma score. 2.[Dead] appears before a post if the item has been flagged by a lot of people or has been killed by moderators. Also occurs when a hellbanned user posts anything. 3. Usernames in green is to indicate that the user is new - or atleast that's what I think it is for.