Based on his commenting history, I am going to go out on a limb here and say his favorite part was when you hit that upvote button on his comment that is almost identical to all of the comments he leaves on others posts.
Sadly, I imagine so. I almost didn't do it, and I probably should have gone to look (I have a few times). I actually run into more of these kinds of comments on other people's posts than I do mine.
In this case, I felt I'd give the benefit of the doubt and at least provide an opportunity to do something more than just spam and scam. Some people genuinely don't know any better, and when English may very well be their second language, it's hard to tell the difference sometimes. :)
I appreciate the heads up, though, even if I probably won't see them anywhere again.
I have a little response made up with explaining that their comments look like spam and what happens to spammers and it has 3 links to posts which explain how to be successful on this platform. this kind of comment - unless it is from a friend - is usually spam :(
I like that approach, especially if it's under the radar of the spam police. There's some people here who have a hard time differentiating between what is spam, and an autoresponse, or a canned message meant to be used more than once.
An automatic downvote for me, at least the first time out, seems like a waste of voting power, just like an upvote in this case was. Still, by virtue of the fact that I did reply (even though they apparently won't be), I got more engagement off of one comment than I got most of all of last week. Maybe I should do it more. :)
hahaha - true :) When I see a comment that looks like spam - I look at their profile and see what they are doing. A lot of newcomers just don't know and then, I can help them. And the others don't care.
I don't downvote people, I use all the voting power I have to reward people who do well in my eyes - and I never have enough.
But if it looks like they are trying to get people to click on links which could harm them, I report them to steemcleaners.
Here is the response I give - you are welcome to use it
Your comment looks a lot like spam and people on this platform do not like this. Actually, some of the bigger accounts might downvote you to a point where you are not visible anymore. Here are three good articles which will help you to be successful on this platform.
See, personally, I think that's the best approach, especially for those of us who have the lower SP. Some accounts it might not matter on, but you never know when you're going to run into someone who has friends and decides to attack back.
I know there are people who feel like flagging is a duty, but I'm not sure if I can buy into that, certainly not in all cases, and maybe even in none. Flagging only affects the account being flagged. It doesn't affect the accounts that gave out the rewards, though I guess there could be an indirect effect through a loss of curation. Even so, I see it abused way more than I've seen it used correctly, and there's way too much negativity associated with it.
My own $0.02, for what it's worth. I'm in agreement with you that I my vote is much more valuable going to people who I feel have earned it as opposed to knocking off whatever cents I might do and then losing that voting power in the process.
Well, thank you, but what did you like about it? I thought it got a little long with everything I was trying to cram into it. :)
Based on his commenting history, I am going to go out on a limb here and say his favorite part was when you hit that upvote button on his comment that is almost identical to all of the comments he leaves on others posts.
Sadly, I imagine so. I almost didn't do it, and I probably should have gone to look (I have a few times). I actually run into more of these kinds of comments on other people's posts than I do mine.
In this case, I felt I'd give the benefit of the doubt and at least provide an opportunity to do something more than just spam and scam. Some people genuinely don't know any better, and when English may very well be their second language, it's hard to tell the difference sometimes. :)
I appreciate the heads up, though, even if I probably won't see them anywhere again.
I have a little response made up with explaining that their comments look like spam and what happens to spammers and it has 3 links to posts which explain how to be successful on this platform. this kind of comment - unless it is from a friend - is usually spam :(
I like that approach, especially if it's under the radar of the spam police. There's some people here who have a hard time differentiating between what is spam, and an autoresponse, or a canned message meant to be used more than once.
An automatic downvote for me, at least the first time out, seems like a waste of voting power, just like an upvote in this case was. Still, by virtue of the fact that I did reply (even though they apparently won't be), I got more engagement off of one comment than I got most of all of last week. Maybe I should do it more. :)
hahaha - true :) When I see a comment that looks like spam - I look at their profile and see what they are doing. A lot of newcomers just don't know and then, I can help them. And the others don't care.
I don't downvote people, I use all the voting power I have to reward people who do well in my eyes - and I never have enough.
But if it looks like they are trying to get people to click on links which could harm them, I report them to steemcleaners.
Here is the response I give - you are welcome to use it
https://steemit.com/content/@zingali/newbie-steemians-or-do-s-and-do-not-s-or-8-tips
https://steemit.com/steemit/@whatamidoing/it-s-a-great-time-for-new-users-to-earn-sbd-by-leaving-good-comments
https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecryptofiend/the-complete-steemit-etiquette-guide-revision-2-0
See, personally, I think that's the best approach, especially for those of us who have the lower SP. Some accounts it might not matter on, but you never know when you're going to run into someone who has friends and decides to attack back.
I know there are people who feel like flagging is a duty, but I'm not sure if I can buy into that, certainly not in all cases, and maybe even in none. Flagging only affects the account being flagged. It doesn't affect the accounts that gave out the rewards, though I guess there could be an indirect effect through a loss of curation. Even so, I see it abused way more than I've seen it used correctly, and there's way too much negativity associated with it.
My own $0.02, for what it's worth. I'm in agreement with you that I my vote is much more valuable going to people who I feel have earned it as opposed to knocking off whatever cents I might do and then losing that voting power in the process.