Dear @reddust , this artwork is really perfect!!! :D I totally agree with you about this bad rude way to beg attention, too many spammers, I think! I just discovered that there are some people (with low rep) who comment contents without upvote them, I think it's a rude way to beg our attention :(
I think the best way is mute the spammers and annoying bots. It saves my peace of mind. Many people come on here looking to make money but do not have any content or skills in this digital world that would sell. That is something that should be stated when selling Steemit to the general public. You need to produce quality content that will interest other people. Many people come from cultures that are not like ours and begging is part of how they function in their society. I don't get angry, I just get annoyed because this behavior along with spamming gets in my way of finding quality content I can promote and grow for the steemit community.
Edit, this is the best distilling of how I feel about the bots and spammers, thank you @silviabeneforti for helping me...I'm going to include it in my paper.
I agree, I get annoyed too and it's difficult to find quality contents or quality authors in this "ocean" of trash and spam. As you, I usually mute spammers or trashers ;)