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I agree. I read through the article expecting to find new ideas on how to stop spam, something along the lines of http://www.paulgraham.com/ffb.html http://www.

• JonnieCache 16y ago
  This is the best hypothetical spam-stopping mechanism I've seen: http://xkcd.com/810/ http://xkcd.com/810/ Unfortunately the implementation may prove a little tricky, although HN actually approaches it in some ways.