# Can I ask similar type of questions frequently?

Am I allowed to ask similar type of questions but not same questions frequently?

Consider this and this for example.

• You should treat the priviledge of asking questions here as a limited resource. The system will automatically limit how much questions you can ask each day (6?) and each month (50?). If you ask too many similar questions at too short a span of time, you may run into the danger that people get annoyed and downvote your questions. If your attract too many downvotes, the system will issue a question ban. You are allowed to ask similar questions but you should show some self-restraint.... – achille hui May 24 '18 at 19:36
• If questions resemble one another too closely, one can correctly be closed as a duplicate of an earlier post. E.g., Someone asks: What is the derivative of $f(x)= 3x^2 + 1$. Second question: What is the derivative of $f(x) = 2x^3 -3$. The two questions are, for all intent and purposes, duplicates. Learning how to do one should be enough to do the other. I am glad you asked this question. As achille hui suggests, sometimes you can ask a similar question to what you've asked; just try to make clear how the question differs from the first. And please do so carefully. – amWhy May 24 '18 at 21:33
• I would recommend asking one question, and then studying the answers. If your questions are similar enough, some serious study of the answer to one of them might enable you to work out the others on your own. Even if it doesn't, it might enable you to sharpen your question by showing you just exactly where you need help. – Gerry Myerson May 25 '18 at 1:50
• Our stated mission is to help students of mathematics at all levels to learn. Of course we will be concerned, if you ask similar Questions again and again, that our efforts to help you learn the material are not working. – hardmath May 25 '18 at 3:00