I suggest we lose nothing by not banning them.

It's not like the articles ever trickle to the top. That's the beauty of the site. And if someday, they actually submit a good article, then I want to see it. We don't need some heavy-handed witch hunt.

precisely. I upvote, what, maybe 2 or 3 stories a day. And read around 20% of what gets posted here.

That isnt bad numbers - the point of the new page is, surely, to filter the crud :) I enjoy doing that!

ah yes, the weekly "why don't we ban (insert site here)" thread. i liked what came of last week's:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=510309

Coding Horror is another case. It frequently reaches the front page and generates discussion. IW does not. IW creates noise on New, Andrews does have a point though. Still, it seems there should be a way to mitigate blatent spamming.

i still like the idea i put forth in that thread.

make it so that you can only submit X number of stories from a specific domain out of every Y submissions. possibly implement a penalty of some sort if you go over.