Comment by dang

Vouching is in the FAQ: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html#cvouch

Re who flags what: the basic pattern seems pretty consistent and I've described it a number of times over the years: https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que.... The short version is that there are some people who flag specific topics but usually those flags alone aren't enough to make the difference.