Really disappointed that the CEO's response has been censored / dead'd here. Not a great moment for HN.
Banned users' comments get killed automatically. We often unkill good comments posted by banned accounts. I've unkilled that one.
If you see a comment that shouldn't be [dead], click on its timestamp to go to its page, then click 'vouch' at the top. (There's a small karma threshold before those links appear.) You can also email us at hn@ycombinator.com to point out a comment that needs to be unkilled. Complaining off-topically in the thread does nothing but add noise, so please don't do that.