>it gets posted in the first 20 posts or so
They can easily adapt their behaviors.
The closest thing to a solution is to ban IPs. This would cause them to switch to VPN to make IP hopping easier. So most VPN IP ranges would have to be banned too. Short of that, the CAPTCHA frequency could be increased for those VPN ranges. I don't use a VPN; I I don't care. But I know a lot of anons still have redlist/bluelist fears and (adorably) think Tor and VPNs provide a degree of anonymity.
>But this board is being set up. They are using free speech against itself.
That is an inherent, well known, and accepted trade-off of having the one structure that frustrates the tactics that They have used to control every other English speaking forum on the Internet.
>there has been an evolution of image boards that has led to this format,
That evolution dealt with shitposting scrubs in their mom's basements. Who we are dealing with now are quite different.
And don't for get who really runs this place.
KEK! 35% or Dem voter have no opinion for who their candidate should be?! Talk about apathy. Campaigns know that all their rhetoric rarely changes anyone's mind. It's all about modulating the enthusiasm of voters with existing beliefs (both you voters and the other side's) and translating that into turnout. If 35% of Dems don't care… it's going to be a red tsunami.
>more likely Q is a communications or marketing group.