Another anon in the now deleted thread theorized that the sheer speed at which the hapas spam is posted would only be possible with local access to the servers. The last thread once attacked by the hapas spammer (codemonkey) was getting atleast 1 post per second, maybe more.
Again, why not enforce a captcha solve before every post?
<Because they don't want to fix the problem, they want to censor anonymous posting.
This also comes at a convenient time considering assange was just arrested.
What do you think will happen after the next false flag attack?
What do you think will happen during this next election cycle?
They don't want leaks, and 8ch is such a large platform now it's a primary place to leak at. Not to mention in many EU countries wrongthink, and posting wrongthink, can get you arrested and jailed. Remember the poor kid in NZ who is facing 20 years for simply sharing the NZ shooting video and commenting on it. This is what they want to shut down, and jim is complying with them.