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I was following the [java] tag and noticed this user.

He asked these questions within a few minutes:

All of them are very similar, and the user has not voted, commented or accepted any of the answers he got.

Could this behavior be considered malicious? Should I flag for moderator attention?

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I don't see anything malicious - aside from being just another help vampire. –  Mysticial Feb 10 '13 at 23:20
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@Mystical That could be seen as either malicious or just annoying. Some people tend to view help vampires as malicious, though. –  APerson Feb 10 '13 at 23:20
    
It looks as if they are posting an absracted version of homework questions or something. –  Alex Hope O'Connor Feb 10 '13 at 23:21
    
@AlexHopeO'Connor but it is all from the same user. –  user000001 Feb 10 '13 at 23:22
    
@user000001, yeah that was my point, the questions are similar but different like you would find in a homework excersise with the purpose of teaching Java string manipulation etc –  Alex Hope O'Connor Feb 10 '13 at 23:24
    
IMHO this behavior should be bannable. –  user000001 Feb 10 '13 at 23:31
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@user000001 It is. It's called the "Question Ban". –  Mysticial Feb 10 '13 at 23:33

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