[UncleMeat]

Now do this 1,000 times. Now 10,000 times. It is trivial to suck all the air out of a forum by repeatedly posting this.

[dotancohen]

Spam detection has been a feature of email clients for a long time. I'm sure even a rudimentary automated detection mechanism could prevent a significant portion of the dupes.

[UncleMeat]

Is that not censorship then?

[cercatrova]

In order to have a good community, you need a form of censorship, whether through moderation, spam detection, voting systems, and so on. Otherwise, the community as a whole becomes a mess.

[dotancohen]

Somebody "just asking a question" is not being censored. Somebody "just asking a question" will be happy for the quick response.