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showdead=no in user settings hides flagged & moderator killed posts

• maplethorpe 6mo ago
  I tried setting showdead=yes but two comments I remember seeing earlier today (as replies to one of my comments) are still gone. Does anyone what else might have happened to them?
  • netruk44 6mo ago
    Maybe the posters might have deleted the comments themselves? I often post comments on HN, just to delete them 5 minutes later when I realize I don’t care to deal with the replies I’ll eventually get. You have to be quick because if someone does reply, you can no longer delete your message.
    • maplethorpe 6mo ago
      I didn't realise messages even had a delete button. I'm going to reply here so I can check. edit: you're right, there's a delete button.
    • bluebarbet 5mo ago
      One benefit of this forum is that they purposely passed over notifications precisely to save us from the temptation to "deal with" replies.
      • netruk44 5mo ago
        And I very much appreciate that feature, and hope it never changes. However when I make comments here, I do it with the intention of reading what people have to say in response. If I am making a comment with the intention to ignore the responses to it, then that’s a good signal for myself that what I am writing is likely not an appropriate comment for HN, and then delete it.