Hi Charles, thanks for a great article. I must say that being new to Steemit, I was hoping to find a platform that was not yet plagued by spam. It's a little sad and annoying to find out that it's here already. I’m now on a learning curve to know what is genuine and what is spam.

I've written a fair bit about social media over the last few years, and often people just don't think before they post or act. If one post has earning potential, then surely a million spam posts equates to a get rich scheme ... right? Erm ... no!

Then you get the type of person that is just honestly trying to get ahead, and make a name for him- or herself. So, they post more frequently, and often, the content is heading towards the spam border. All this happens because the idiots of the old Internet advised and promoted this approach. They were ‘killing it’, but all they really killed was the social aspect.

The trouble with spam is that it hides the quality posts with its noise. It’s hard to compete against spam-like posts when you are not deploying similar tactics. It’s also a subjective topic. To some, it’s terrible spam, but to other’s, it’s a good day at the office.

Anyway, I’ve resteemed this, and I look forward to more of your articles.