I appreciate the input.
But I'll ask this...is a new user that copies and pastes the same comment on every new blog, without responding to any feedback on those comments, really seeking to join the community?
I hope I was clear in that I am not saying to flag EVERY newbie that posts F4F or "good posts", but to take the effort to see if the commenter is actually spamming before the flag is used.
I have also flagged by adding a reply to the spam, in which I state something along the lines of
this is spam, please edit your comment and I will remove the flag
The problem with doing that is how few times I get responses; it takes additional effort on my part to give that new Steemer a chance, which means less effort that I have to put into the community.
The new users don't know how the whole thing works.
The site (community) might want to consider being fun and entertaining instead of greeting users with a bunch of rules, flags and lecturing as a first introduction
I like this second thought...maybe my own evil little brain can whip up something that's more like a hazing than a paddle...
or maybe somebody can put together an introductory and interactive game that must be played before commenting which makes it clear that spamming is very very bad
That is brilliant. Hazing with a paddle.
Seriously, I love your ideas. I brought a family member on recently. She said "I don't really want to go back to a combination of English 101, I thought you said it was social media", it felt to her like English 101 at a community college, and where you have 25 different bosses who are all on different pages.
While I agree spam can be annoying, there is also this growing attitude of "policing". Shrugs.
:) There are xxx number of users and we all have different visions. It will all work out, thanks for engaging people.