What to do to contain this kind of thing? Is there a chance I can take only the signaling from him?

Be sure to lock that user at TL0. That’s the fly in the self-moderation concept, a few people, possibly just one, can make the system essentially unworkable. Another service (DuoLingo) would hide posts if 5 people flagged them, there were several people suspected of having multiple accounts (from different IP addresses) and they would flag posts from certain users or on certain issues within a few minutes of when they were posted. (That’s a major reason why I stopped using that service.) Requiring membership in specific groups for those trusted enough to flag posts would be one way around that, with the default being ‘trust level 1’, but a separate by-invitation-only group could be used to control who has that ability.

If you suspect a user using multiple accounts it is good to check email domain to see if disposable. Another tool/plugin that can help is Fingerprint browser plugin.

Troll member keeps flagging everyone's posts

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twofoursixeight April 10, 2023, 11:28pm 2

Demote the user to TL0, this will prevent the user from making flags.

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Troll member keeps flagging everyone's posts

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