Do you mean you don't have an idea why they do this way? really?

Very useful information.. I have always had trouble with number 1, especially in public places.

I am new to the site myself but I won't comment on someone's post unless I read it and identify with it in some way. I wasn't sure if one could upvote their own content but it seems like it's kind of the same thing as liking your own status update on Facebook. Which I think is kind of lame but that's just my opinion. 

Sadly enough etiquette is not as important to people as it used to be generally speaking. People either don't know any better or they don't care. I've been trying to learn all that I can about etiquette on this site from people who have been here awhile. 

I found this post a bit more funny than informative but I certainly appreciated it. Lol. 

I am sorry to say I cannot contribute any truly stupid comments that I've seen on my posts but I have seen a few very generic replies. As I mentioned I'm still very new so I'm sure I have made some mistakes but I truly do want to add value here and do things the right way.

Just having some fun myself trying to figure out if the 16 minute mark or the 17th is best for tagging...ummm I mean curating a whale's post.

10 minutes to go...tick...tock...

9 minutes to go...tick..tock...

another useless tip : when you get up on the wrong side of the bed...do so by putting your feet on the floor

8 minutes to go...tick...tock

another useless tip: if you think you have a strategy to increase your wealth...don't share it on a whale's post.

6 minutes to go...tick...tock...

another useless tip: mayonnaise makes a lousy sunscreen

4 minutes to go...tick...tock

You do know I'll be upvoting this and resteeming it right? Already following...just checked. ~smiles~

3 minutes to go...tick...tock...

another useless tip: when cooking bacon...wear clothes

2 minutes to go...tick...tock...

one more useless tip: to drive your car anywhere...step on the gas

1 minute to go...tick...tock...tick...tock...16 min!

Edit: I'm much more selective when using my upvotes...even on my own comments. Sometimes one must first be seen to get seen more often. Haven't decided if this is the case on this post...yet. ;)

Just a minute.  Are you saying I shouldn't be scratching the twins?  That's news.

So you get a major upvote and I'm resteeming to get this  to all 4 of my followers.

LOL

This is actually a really funny post, I am astounded by that Laura Morton post wow really ?? 
someone trying to argue that the world is flat  quoted that 'The Flat Earth Theory is known all around the GLOBE'   lmao

Nice tips, very useful! ......

LOL... This happens all the time dude, those are newbies (probably) that dont know much of how the site works...

I also have gotten some crap comments like: "Great performance, specially the vocal!", on an instrumental video LOL... 

At some point they have to figure that this attitude is not helping them...

Good post and completely agree.   Remember that people will be people.   That you can count on...Their senselessness.

Upvoted and Resteemed. Follow back? Oh, and I think I'll upvote my own post too. My balls are itchy.

Lol! A group of such people will definitely start flagging your posts. Don't tease them :P
BTW, wonderful post, upvoted resteemed :D

Very useful post, this was helpful to me. Thanks

I think most of the comments you are describing here come down to botting.

That's why people come up with such ridiculous posts... stuff like "Wow very interest this content is good and I hope it will bring great change soon thanks please upvote," stuff like that is just a weird desperate attempt to use bots and get a few bucks. 

Some of these people or groups may very well be spoofing multiple free accounts to make matters worse.

Yea I'm seeing this pretty often. Comments totally unrelated to my post. Lately I even had like 7 or 8 comments from the same person on my post.

What should I do to a fucking FLAGGOT that's on my ass?

Today I received a comment about how photogenic I was...and I wasn't in the photograph at all. LMAO!!!!

This post is golden. I, too, have noticed a huge influx of the bot comments recently. I like to give people benefit of the doubt, and understand that with new users on the platform, they're still learning how it works...but to see all the bots harder at work than some of the n00bs is pretty disheartening. I hope that the crowd does its job of showing folks how we truly operate around here...posts like this hopefully will help that along.  Thanks, Luz!

# Quality is key!!

So far none of the typical "bots" comments. Maybe they've built in logic to avoid any posts that have the phrase 'yellow snow' in them :P haha

Agree though. I recently joined and seem to see the same 3-5 profiles post a few seconds after the post came out. In this case it would be impossible to read so much text in 10 seconds!

I don't usually attract that many bots but when I do, they always make me laugh because they are stupid and senseless. At least they brighten my day :)

ROFLOL!!!!!  I needed a bit of humor today! Thanks for the giggle!

The 5 useless  tips  are just so perfect!

I kept getting comments on some of my photography posts saying "Great drawing! You are so great at drawing!" etc. At first I just thought it was a poor translation, but then they literally said on my PHOTOGRAPHY post something like  "Such great drawing! It almost looks like a real photo!" Ugh, read the CONTENT, dude. I'll have to go back and see if I can find the post and the replies.

Hola Luzcypher! Te invitamos a participar en el challenge de esta semana organizado para la comunidad mexicana! El post se encuentra aquí:

You can also participate in english.

https://steemit.com/mexico/@mexico-trail/mexico-challenge-1-visit-mexico-20-sbd-en-premios

Te mandamos un saludo!

I am disapointed. 5 Hours and no spam...maybe they are not bots...just douchebags?

Thanks for the breath of fresh air @luzypher  ...  honesty and good ole-fashioned common sense is harder and harder to come by these days...  

How bout these two for some useless banter:

1.  Is it hotter in the summer than it is in the city?

2.  Do you walk to work or carry a lunch?

hahahaahahahahahahahhahaa
OMG I know ALL about this. 90% of the comments on my posts are like this...

Ugh... I hate those comments. And it's overflowing from Facebook and other media platforms. I always hate when they comment something like "Nice post. Please go upvote mine. I do blah blah blah..." Then a paragraph about their post that isn't even closely related to what I posted. Or when they just direct message their links in a room... I usually try to say thanks but no I won't upvote or follow just because of that comment. I want others to actually communicate and interact with new people... Not just get followers and upvotes. It's about the networking, man!!! 😝

Obvious bots are obvious, although I do enjoy the bots programmed to speak chinglish.

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I just found you and have read 2 of your posts.  This one has me laughing out load because I had someone call me a "spammy dude" because of upvoting.  At first I was like...what the hell?  First off...I didn't even know what up-voting was at the moment...second...I'm a woman in my 60's.  Cracked me up.  Turns out that person was calling someone else a "spammy dude" because they had upvoted their own comment.  What ever...you have to learn not to take things personally for sure.  Thanks for the insight.  I look forward to reading more.

I'm a big fan of the bot who says, "I like toast."

On point! but I'm having a yellow snow. :)

Thanks for your incredibly insightful tips. Life changed. Upped and resteemed.

But, seriously...

This comment I received is not necessarily spam, but it was a rather strange response to my [intro post](https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@thebigdelay/hello-from-a-musician-artist-and-poet-joining-the-steemit-revolution#@tranguyen/re-thebigdelay-hello-from-a-musician-artist-and-poet-joining-the-steemit-revolution-20170717t142412888z), which featured no paintings whatsoever:

"This is a very beautiful painting ... it looks real and the coloring technique is very great .. anything you painted really beautiful and great.I hope one day you want to paint my face @thebigdelay"

Maybe one day I **will** paint their face. Who knows.

I feel cheated.

Why is no one spamming my posts?

In the last 2 weeks I've only had one semi-spammy comment that could have almost been interpreted as being about the post (if you closed one eye and squinted really hard with the other).

They didn't even spam my post about comment spammers.

What am I doing wrong?

If you don't have any luck attracting spam-bots with this post, feel free to try, "If a tree falls in the forest, try not to be underneath it."