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> if people are using the vouch mechanism if they can

Nobody can vouch the post right now because it is not [dead]. At this point, if one wants the flag to be removed, the only way is to email [email protected] for them to remove it manually at their discretion.

> Because this post doesn't have an insignificant upvote count and has actual conversation happening in the comments.

This isn't really relevant to the post being [flagged]. That happens when enough people click "flag" on the post. It will go to [flagged][dead] first, then people can vouch and it will drop them both, then, if more people flag it, it will become [flagged] again. It might be more complicated than that but I've seen that pattern a fair amount and I'm pretty sure the only way for a post to be [flagged] is for it to be, well, flagged.

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