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Are they limiting answers to old questions to avoid spam?
I've noticed I frequently can't add answers to questions or comment on the other answers. I noticed today that it's only on the questions that are about a week old and older. Are they starting to lock down old questions to prevent the spam or something?
It's sad though, it's even happening if they haven't picked best answer yet, so I can't add correct answers to questions that just got spam or troll answers in the first week.
I can find the question on the category page, and it has an answer box there, but it just says "We are experiencing problems" when I try to answer there.
Though I just answered a different question that was 2 weeks old...
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