They've probably been "flagged" by community members (or bots, who knows) If you go to your profile (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alexandregomes https:

They've probably been "flagged" by community members (or bots, who knows) If you go to your profile (https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alexandregomes https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=alexandregomes), you can turn on "showdead: yes" and see dead posts that way. Other users can "vouch" for flagged posts, but I guess nobody did for yours. The FAQ explains how that all works: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html