I posted a video last week and the comment was "nice writeup" -_-

We definitely need to do something about this. We don't want newcomers to come here and see this place as spamland. We don't want them to think that it's the right way to be good at Steemit too.

I raised this problem 5 days ago. Beside just "nice photo, please follow my" I started to get a shit like under giraffe photo:
@allfabeta I've recognized that when it appears to be like terrible, just stepping absent for your moment would make all the primary difference on the earth

@allfabeta This demands somewhat more time and energy to Consider in excess of. Wonderful you provide it from a unique angle. Mhhh not really easy... and it had been previously Very hard. Many thanks for allow us to Consider.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@allfabeta/new-spammers-turn

and I start to flag these.

I am a mega newbie, and I appreciate you laying this out so simply. Down votes feel like I'm doing something MEAN, but I finally downvoted some spam this week. Not that I'm ripping reputations or anything, but I want to do my part to make Steemit great! 

I am grateful that you comment and give the user a chance to correct the behavior, some people I've seen truly didn't know what low quality posts/ out right spamy actions are doing to Steemit! It is good to give people a chance to change :) Thanks for the post

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I'm an example , I mistake doing this error that I think 99% are doing , and thanks to @rok-sivante all of us must understand the STEEMIT rule : BE ORIGINAL ,don't SCAM , post QUALITY posts , and all of us we'll be a big special community : a STEEMIT COMMUNITY :)

Thank you @rok-sivante

Nice Post Friend!

I think the people who introduced Steemit to the newbies should tell what the site is really about. I read comments online people saying that this is just another site to socialize , post random stuff and make money. That is how they invite their online friends to join.

I was hesitant to use the flag, but there has been so many spam comments that it makes reading comments difficult. On other platforms I do enjoy reading the comments, sometimes they are hilarious and other times have insightful information. 
It's annoying when every post you visit has the same comment, generic versions of "Follow me" or "Buy my product"

One of my biggest problems is when an account posts the same comment "Followed and Upvoted", on countless posts, but when you look at each of the posts, you don't see the upvote, and you don't see the follow.

These are the users who I want to seriously punish. Because I'm finding that so many new users are falling for this "trick" and upvoting the Spam comment, and actually following this Spammer!

We need to band together and be more aware of those who are commenting and voting on our posts. I know that it's exciting to see a comment, and someone praising your content. But.. BE SURE THAT IT'S TRUTHFUL!

Advocating "Flags" is one thing, but I think the most important thing we need to advocate is Self-Awareness of your own content and those who are visiting your content.

<b><i>If everyone managed their own blog/comments as intently as they focused on earning rewards, Steemit would be a much more Original and Spam-Free Place!</i></b>

This is an exemplification of a current problem in society as a whole. The technological revolution has a had a revolutionary effect on the ability of many people to maintain a regular human interaction. The impersonal and detached way that these comments come across is the true tell of their intent. I have zero use and little to no sympathy for anyone doing this as this is proof that they have not even skimmed the content. There is leeway if they are a noob, but within a week of being on the platform, there is no excuse for the level of bullshit comment posts that continue to be made.

Again, thank you for bringing another one of the underlying problems to the surface for us to reflect on and hopefully instigate a change. Without acknowledging there is a problem, it will never be fixed.

Hi Rok,
Me personally, I do not like flagging for any reason.
Freedom of choice allows readers to decide.
Newbies like myself don't have the writing skills as great as yours.
I say, If they are not harming you.. Don't harm them.
So what if they are begging for votes and attention... they just want to be part of the group/Steemit community.
I do agree with yah bra that standards should be in place but to lash out in any way towards anyone is not my cup of tea.
I have been on the ATTACKED side of self rightous assholes flagging me here and it is not nice..  I will never flag anyone unless they start flagging me.
Love the picture of the Fist Rose, did you draw that?  Great work!

You are so right that it is important to flag this stuff, even if it sometimes feels weird to do so. The worst case scenario is for a spam commenter to actually profit from doing it - that means Steem rewards are being allocated to spam, which jeopardizes the whole system...

We gotta work together to keep this place moving. Well said.

I agree 100%  I finally was able to get back to steemit and was amazed at all the spam. It's definitely time for another flag war, just against spam this time.

and btw, Great Post man !

Read More, Reason More   ...   JTS

A lot if newbies fall into the 'I've followed you please follow me back' trap without realising this is the dumbest and most annoying thing on Steemit.  And then sadly you have the real spammers where many couldn't give a toss.  They are the most annoying.  

Just out of interest @rok-sivante did you go back to see if that spammer stopped spamming or did he/she move onto others after realising he messed with the wrong guy?

It's your steempower they are after lol. Some of us actually don't get fake comments as well:( lol.

Cool Rok i hear ya ! 
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and yes agreed with all above :) lets not spoil this beautiful social media with dumb comments like u said above :) 
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TILL NEXT TIME STEEM ON BRO ! 
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***we are stronger together !***
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The kind of "spam" comments you speak of are the very things people do in conversations in real life everyday, and in either case they are annoying. 

Someone asks you 'Do you like my dress?' or 'What do you think of...(insert movie, tv show, etc.)' and people say something like "Yeah, it's great." or "It's good." Saying a meaningless "I love you." is  the worst. If you haven't shown the person any practical love, it's just like spam that's been sitting in the sun for a week.

People have meaningless "spam" conversations all day long, and nobody gets upset. Don't get me wrong! I am an introvert, one who appreciates the idea that when one speaks, it *should always be a meaningful comment*

My point is that it seems to be a *universal bad habit* that we *all* fall back on sometimes. I don't like it either! Also, one of my *personal* pet peaves is what I call the "tin-can" post. This is a post that is over 80% self-promoting links and crypto addresses. Maybe it's just me, but that seems even more tacky than a trite, meaningless comment, or a beggar's "upvote me"--the type I hear in everyday conversation--the "white noise".

nice post @rok-sivante welcome to the community, upvoted and followed you  you can do the same

I think first what need to do is need to define inappropriate activities in very detail to avoid any unfair situation

I think you make a couple important points...  It is how I feel about spammy posts also.  New Users come online and decide how to use the site based on what they see.  Then many of them emulate that.

This is why I also flag fairly often now.  We have the tools to reward good behavior and to discourage bad behavior.  We must start using the tools.