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>And as a sidenote, why do people downvote a question rather than answer it? Some of us like answering questions and deadening a question removes that ability.
by john_strinlai 3mo ago
>And as a sidenote, why do people downvote a question rather than answer it? Some of us like answering questions and deadening a question removes that ability.
if its just [dead] (no [flagged]), as the case with tyromaniac, that's automated by the site (suspected spam/ai/bot/etc.).
the comment can be vouched for to lose the [dead] status by users with 500+ karma (i think? maybe 1000)
comments don't gain [dead] due to downvoting.
- fhdkweig 3mo agooh, so when https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html says: >What does [dead] mean? >The post was killed by software, user flags, or moderators. "moderators" isn't referring to just anybody with a downvote capability? They mean just the website owners, e.g. dang, etc.?
- john_strinlai 3mo agocorrect, moderators in that context is dang/tomhow, not just users with downvoting capabilities. user flags will always have [flagged], otherwise downvoting just makes the text gray