This was rather surprising to me. I didn't realise that Hacker News had such a feature and never spotted the "show dead" button on my profile page. I have turne

This was rather surprising to me. I didn't realise that Hacker News had such a feature and never spotted the "show dead" button on my profile page. I have turned it on now and I agree, there seems to be many users where you have to wonder if banning was the correct action. Perhaps this feature is best left for blatant trolls and spammers. Perhaps only to be done by admins (with a reason given).