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Ask HN: "I See Dead Comments."

by sebscholl on 9/4/19, 6:05 PM with 5 comments

Sorry for appealing to your Sixth Sense on this one...

What exactly are [dead] comments on HN? I see that I have a setting to turn them on/off, but I don't understand what they are in the first place. Thanks!

  • by rolph on 9/4/19, 6:22 PM

    you can turn the dead on or off as youve noticed. with higher karma you can vouch comments that you are sure are not spam, or contribute in a meaningfull ["substantial"] manner.
  • by minimaxir on 9/4/19, 6:12 PM

    [dead] comments are typically from banned/shadowbanned users. Articles/comments with both [flagged] and [dead] were flagkilled.