This thread and others made me think that sometimes I see threads with 50+ (or even 100+) views and no answers... I imagine it must be discouraging for newcomers (or anyone else) to post questions and have no one answer them, so I think we should all try to answer, even if it's just to say:
"This was discussed sometime ago... Please see this thread:"
It's not easy catching up with all the material on this site, and we should help newcomers as best we can rather than discourage them. Moreover, some people lurk/read a lot and don't post much, but they could still be quite knowledgeable about the hoax.