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Willie Wong Mod
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Deleting a post does not make it become "faded".

Deleting a post hides the post from all users with <10K reputation (except for the question owner himself and moderators). Those who are able to see the deleted posts (owner, moderators, and 10K + users) will see the deleted post appear with a pink background, as opposed to the usual white background, indicating that the post is deleted.

Faded posts are those post with low scores. See this discussion on Meta.SO.

Willie Wong Mod
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