I'm sad there's no other sites I know of, certainly not mainstream ones, that do moderation like HN does. I'm glad to see the [dead] comments on here, so I know

I'm sad there's no other sites I know of, certainly not mainstream ones, that do moderation like HN does. I'm glad to see the [dead] comments on here, so I know what's current in not allowed and spam content. I think Scott Alexander wrote up a blogpost about the difference he saw between moderation and censorship. It's similar to what you suggested.