Anyone who wants to see all the [dead] posts can turn "showdead" on in their profile. If you do that, just realize you're signing up to see all the crap that regular users don't see, like spam and troll posts and whatnot. There are also, unfortunately, legitimate posts that shouldn't be [dead]. If you see those, please vouch for them as described here: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch.