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Yea, I suspect a sizable number of people use "flag" as a mega-downvote for things they passionately don't like, rather than for policy violations and spam.

>>ryandr+(OP)
For anyone that is concerned about over flagging, please consider turning on showdead and vouching responsibly!

If as many people thoughtfully vouched as maliciously flagged it may be less of an issue.

>>goles+64
Wait, how do you vouch for something that has been flagged? I don't see that option, even with showdead turned on.

>>karate+Ol
You may have to click into the comment directly.

>>karate+Ol
For recent dead comments, click on the time ("31 minutes ago") to bring up the comment's own page where there's a "vouch" option next to the other comment options if you have enough karma.

For dead stories in the "new" queue, I see a "vouch" option already without going to the story's own page.

>>goles+64
I see dead comments, (there's one in this thread,) but I never see dead stories.

I also pretty regularly vouch.