A discussion of this problem came up HERE as well -- I'm glad a potential suggestion is being brought up.

Is anyone knowledgeable enough to post answers to these

• What, exactly, are we waiting on for a solution to be implemented?
• Who has the power/authority/access to make this call?
• If this is a code-blockage, can someone summarize what, specifically, needs to be done in the site's code?

I think these answers will be much more helpful. Right now, this post and the last seem to circle around and around on things like this:

• How much of a karma limit is enough?
• Should it be a karma limit or some other annoyance/preventative?
• You shouldn't complain about no solution being implemented unless you can code the solution yourself!
• And simply, "Yes, I totally want this. Ra! Ra!"

But nothing's happening. Either the suggestions aren't possible, the posts aren't reaching the right people, or there's some other unstated blockade concerning an actual solution. If someone can answer the questions above, then I think it warrants a brand new discussion post like so:

Title: "Attn: person-with-power/authority/knowledge and/or programmers"

Content:

Consensus is that a karma requirement is the best way to prevent spam annoyances in the discussion area.[1]

So-and-so with general knowledge of the LW wrong site has provided the following code to make this happen: [code]code-goes-here[/code].

Would you consider implementing it?

Sincerely, LW Discussion-Dwellers.

1) See posts here and here

Or is this a dumb idea? Just trying to work toward getting something done rather than a) endlessly debating, b) not thinking hard enough about how to solve the actual problem or c) simply shouting "Yay -- I like this!" to a black hole.