Ah, I didn&#x27;t know that it was possible to show deleted posts (its been awhile since I looked at my preferences, I guess). Judging by the grammar, word choice and username I&#x27;d suspect that the author is not a native English-speaker.<p>I agree that in this case it doesn&#x27;t really add much to the conversation, although I am a bit more forgiving if the author is indeed not a native English speaker.<p>I&#x27;m going to keep showdead on. There have been a number of cases in which I&#x27;ve seen comments moderated to oblivion where, from the quotes in child comments, I think that they were probably worth reading.<p>(Amusingly, HN has not let me post this for several hours, since I&#x27;m &#x27;posting too fast&#x27;)