everyone in tech knows what pando is. but this needs to be unflagged so that stories of conspiracies and hiding the truth won't pop up. put it back and let it die on its own.
That Sam has doubts about Adam Penenberg integrity speaks volumes for itself - Stephen Glass fraud investigator fame - there is even a movie about the case. No wonder the HN got flagged, uneasy story, it's the user.
I don't understand this sentence, but no one at YC or HN has touched the submission. "[flagged]" means lots of users flagged it.
/s/flagged/flagged by users/g