This question was asked on July 1:

[Ubuntu 20.04 on a new Lenovo IdeaPad Flex 5 is not detecting my second monitor through HDMI](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1255232/ubuntu-20-04-on-a-new-lenovo-ideapad-flex-5-is-not-detecting-my-second-monitor-t)

Today, a new user with 1 reputation attempted to provide an answer to that question and apparently was blocked from doing so with the following reason:

> **"Highly active question. Earn 10 reputation in order to answer this question. The reputation requirement helps protect this question from spam and non-answer activity."**

The new user then, with no other options to contribute, created and answered a new question:

[Ubuntu 20.04 on Lenovo Ideapad Flex 5 using AMD Ryzen not detecting external monitor](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1271121/ubuntu-20-04-on-lenovo-ideapad-flex-5-using-amd-ryzen-not-detecting-external-mon)

The original question remained unanswered and because of "comment everywhere" reputation requirements, the new user is unable to comment or link to the answer they just posted:

Don't we have reviews just for this reason: to protect against spam and non-answer activity?

What makes this a "highly active question"?  My guess is that some algorithm has deemed it as such.  But it does not look like anything I'd consider a highly active question in my opinion: no interactions in 24 days and no answers.

Do we have any control over this spam block?  Is it really helpful to the site if it's redundant and the real-world result is that new users can't answer, questions go unanswered, and duplicates are spawned?