comments automatically killed?
SwellJoe: You see them because you've selected "showdead" on your profile page.  They are dead because the person exhibited a lack of understanding of the mores of the community, and either posted spam, or egregiously violated common courtesy in comments.Sometimes, I imagine, users may get auto killed prematurely; if their first submission appears to be obvious spam, for example.  But, I wouldn't think that would happen often.