>Is it common that an article is posted for 3 days in a row and it is [DEAD]?
According to what you said previously, it was only dead the first out of 3 times, and even that one is no longer dead. Maybe some people flagged it or downvoted it the first time.
Things being reposted repeatedly to HN and taking off on later reposts is quite common[1][2][3]. Reposting is explicitly allowed in the FAQ[4].
[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20125589
[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9806801