So until it gets flagged enough to become dead, it's in a kind of flag purgatory and can't be vouched for? Separately, I'd be curious to know what systems are

So until it gets flagged enough to become dead, it's in a kind of flag purgatory and can't be vouched for? Separately, I'd be curious to know what systems are in place to deal with bad-faith flagging. There doesn't seem to be any mention of this in the Hacker News FAQ. Not saying that's what happened here, but it seems like a situation that would come up sooner or later.