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Re:DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for le... by dang on Friday February 07, 2025 @08:10PM (#42979370)
Definitely not—nearly all [dead] posts are killed by software, other than the [flagged][dead] ones which are killed by user flags.
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Re:DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for le... by 77pt77 on Friday February 07, 2025 @11:38PM (#42980419)
> nearly all [dead] posts are killed by software

What do you mean by that?

Broken link detectors?

I don't get it.

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Re:DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for le... by dang on Saturday February 08, 2025 @12:18AM (#42980605)
HN's software contains spam filters and similar things that automatically kill certain posts. Those get marked as [dead] and removed from public view. [dead] posts are visible only to users who have 'showdead' set to 'yes' in their profile.

Other posts that have been heavily flagged by users get marked as [flagged][dead]. Those have been killed by user flags, not software.

Have I answered your question?

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Re:DOGE member previously fired by cybersecurity firm for le... by 77pt77 on Sunday February 09, 2025 @09:11PM (#42996224)
Yes you have.

Thank you.

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