I've said some crazy things here. Things that most people would be afraid to say because of the backlash. I fully expected to get flagged pretty hard, but surprisingly that never happened.

If you don't react to trolls/flags like a crazy person the situation deescalates pretty fast and stops fishtailing. If you do the opposite, that's exactly the type of behavior they are looking for. The ultimate goal of a troll is to coerce others into rolling around in the mud-pit with them.

Also, the stakes are still very low. I've seen people flip out because they got flagged for a penny. The mind boggles.