Since when is saging considered flooding?

The spammers and trolls are taking over /s/ as of late and I can't sage more than once every 5 minutes.  What the fuck?  The text body is different, so why is it being detected as a flood?

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http://www.4chan.org/faq#sage

What is "sage"?

    > Entering "sage" (by itself) into the [E-mail] field while replying will cause the thread not to bump to the top of the page, while still counting against its reply count. Threads that reach their reply limit can no longer be bumped, causing them to sink to the back pages and be pruned more quickly. Abusing the sage function by "sage-bombing" is frowned upon and may result in a ban.

Abusing the sage function by "sage-bombing" is frowned upon and may result in a ban.

is frowned upon

may result in a ban.

Although technically not against the rules, (this is from the FAQ page) you can get banned for it.

It's more difficult to sage-bomb nowadays with the new flood detection system on 4chan anyway, so whatever.