This reply is as good as your post. Really appreciate this issue being brought up and I will work to squash any trolling tenancies within.
I agree about the flagging just creating more problems because of retaliation. Unfortunately it seems at this time that the flagging is being done exclusively by trolls, if AI ones. Any suggestions on how the mechanics of that can be improved to favor those who are working to avoid the troll within?
This is the most recent take on that issue that I could find. Perhaps you could write about the issue in the hope it would reach the attention of somebody with a solution.