Comment by dredmorbius

Also if I can make a late addition: vouch for comments which you believe may have been unfairly flagged or killed. That also happens on Highly Contentious Discussions.

AFAIU mods see flags and vouches and will occasionally step in. Their bandwidth is limited however.

(I've emailed dang over this moderation issue, and in the case of this specific story. The mods do what they can.)