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> "You can get 20 rep by asking or answering a single — literally, one — half-decent question" So what you're saying, is that any spambot could thwart the syst
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> "You can get 20 rep by asking or answering a single — literally, one — half-decent question"
So what you're saying, is that any spambot could thwart the system easily, and the arbitrary restriction is silly, and mainly just means this will not take off beyond fanatical SO users (Which is fine, if that's their aim).
IRC has developed fantastic ways to keep out spammers and idiots. And the methods don't usually involve things like this.
- chc 16y agoNo, I'm not saying that. In practice, AFAIK no spambot has ever acquired more than 2 rep. Spam is flagged really fast, and it's also downvoted at an astonishing rate. I imagine it would be possible for a spambot to thwart the system, but it would be pretty hard, actually. It would require a much greater degree of agility and coordination than spambots tend to have. For perspective, it would be far easier to spam the front page of Hacker News, and yet most people agree that HN's system works pretty well.