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		dang on Oct 25, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Natural A/B Test of Harassment Yes, it's a week or so old and means that user flags killed a story or comment. I don't understand your question about retroactiveness; can you explain?

waterlesscloud on Oct 25, 2014 | [–]

Has there been a change to the number of downvotes needed to make a post "dead"? I've had showdead on forever, and it feels like I'm seeing many more posts that have been deaded by voting alone.

Natsu on Oct 25, 2014 | [–]

Essentially I'm asking if it applies to all posts or only posts after the feature was added.

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