Who posted slurs on 30 or 40 threads before getting banned?
If you're talking about the account you mentioned at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43143257, that account was banned from the day they started posting, and not one of their comments was ever publicly visible.
Yes, 'showdead' means you're signing up to see, among other things, the worst that the internet has to offer. I explained that in my other reply to you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43143611.
If you're talking about the account you mentioned at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43143257, that account was banned from the day they started posting, and not one of their comments was ever publicly visible.
Yes, 'showdead' means you're signing up to see, among other things, the worst that the internet has to offer. I explained that in my other reply to you: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43143611.