> Users with 'showdead' turned on in their profile (and who have karma > 30) can do the same: if you see a [dead] post that shouldn't be dead, you should vouch for it

Wow. I've been on HN for some time now [1], and that's news to me.

I remember seeing "vouch" before, but not for a long time. I simply assumed you had taken that privilege away from me.

It makes sense to only show it for "showdead" users, but it never occurred to me.

Edit: [1] and it turns out that today is my cake day. Very fitting. :-)