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		Ask pg: What's up with the randomly [dead] comments?
		43 points by pygy_ on May 25, 2011 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments
		Every day I see articulate, polite and relevant posts being flagged dead for no apparent reason. One of these posts was by jashkenas in a thread about CoffeeScript (https://qht.co/item?id=2503653) I've added other examples below. Is this a misbehaving bot or a rogue moderator with an happy trigger? https://qht.co/item?id=2582372 https://qht.co/item?id=2566826 https://qht.co/item?id=2566797

wladimir on May 25, 2011 | [–]

Another example:

https://qht.co/item?id=2567191

pygy_ on June 5, 2011 | [–]

See also: https://qht.co/item?id=2598559 => https://qht.co/threads?id=brudgers.

BTW, none of these people are dead banned. All of these cases are one shot dead posts.

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