Side note: I am happy to see now that at least ynews tells you if your comment/link has been censored.
Tip: Turn on "showdead" in your settings.
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=179764
...seems like more of a joke, though.
One thing I've wondered about is why none of my comments have ever been "dead"ed. Maybe there is a policy to be lenient with people who have high karma.
No, you didn't say there was no spam in [dead]. But you also gave no examples.
So I did a brief survey and only saw justifiable kills. We're supposed to keep wading through the sludge the editors usually protect us from to figure out what peeved you?
No, thanks. If you make a serious allegation of editorial abuse, you don't get to play hide and seek with your evidence. State your case clearly or drop it.
http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=be_evil
Couple here:
http://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=0x28aa1f185a6b4
Do you need more? There are hundreds.
Still, I wonder why you started so coy with specifics. (Examples only came 5-replies-deep.) Why not just ask politely, as the original commenter, "excuse me, I don't understand, why was this comment killed?"
The editors may still decline to comment but at least then you wouldn't seem kind of shifty and potentially the same person as other spam/crank posters.