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I mean, the comment above is now flagged and dead. Doesn't that mean the mods killed someone's comment solely for giving their opinion on the state of their own country?

EDIT: And [dead] removed now. Fascinating. I checked the unofficial guide on GitHub again to confirm my understanding:

https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented#flaggi...

> A [dead] submission (that does not also show [flagged]) is killed by a moderator or by the software. They will only be shown to users who have showdead enabled in their profile. A submission can simultaneously be [flagged] and [dead].

>>Tadpol+(OP)
> the comment above is now flagged and dead. Doesn't that mean the mods killed someone's comment

No, it doesn't mean that. [flagged] is by users, not mods. [flagged][dead] means enough users have flagged it to kill it. [dead] alone is the result of moderator action (manual or automatic).

>>Tadpol+(OP)
I saw your comment, vouched for the comment you're referring to, and it reappeared. I don't have a full understanding of how vouching works; it could be that I was one of several, or that it was only coincidental that it reappeared just after I vouched for it.

>>Jtsumm+i6
Thanks! That old thing must be outdated.

>>Tadpol+(OP)
Individual comments are not always manually deleted; some users are shadowbanned and anything they post is automatically deleted.

>>hairof+p7
Thanks for bringing my comment back online.