They already apply penalties to things like this that they view as &quot;insubstantive&quot;. This helps keep it off the front page. It also sometimes penalizes more thoughtful items that defy the sterotype and are aimed at trying to get a real discussion going.<p>The system works as is. We don&#x27;t need a sweeping moratorium. That would go bad places.<p>Flag or downvote and move on. Give more of your energy to engaging constructively with items you see more value in, less to the things you find tedious. Your desire to completely ban something so you don&#x27;t have to make any effort to mentally filter out certain types of things is the kind of position that goes very unhealthy places.