RE: Am I Crazy?
My thoughts about this, long story short, no matter how many downvotes you give to these people, they are still here, still spamming and scamming, advertising services that (I'm not sure) are good. Even if their reputation goes below 0, they still can post. I've seen reputations like -11. No one stops them.
So if I'm downvoting them, I'm practically giving up my power to help others grow. And what do I or we get in return? Absolutely nothing!
As about your links, they might be legit, but with all that phishing and scamming going on here, let me be suspicious and not click any link from someone I see for the very first time, even if your intentions are good and the links take to Steemit.
I appreciate your effort but downvoting is not the answer, not for me!
Right on this post is a comment by @a-0-1 which you may not have even noticed because it is automatically hidden at the bottom of the page and you have to click 'Show' to reveal it.
I have asked the community to help move accounts to zero rep and this has proven effective at stopping these accounts.
I totally understand this, which is why my long term goal is to build my SP enough so that I my downvotes are impactful.
And finally, this account does not post. At all.
Look at my account as well as my other account and you will see continued engagement with the community seeking validation of my work, which they have given me overwhelmingly. I'm not out there commenting frantically, I talk about my work and respond to feedback such as yours to open a dialogue. Here is a great example of the community offering some harsh criticism that I turned into an open dialogue that resulted in the original account replying:
I'm here to support the community and the platform itself and I think that's easy to see after reading through my history to get the full picture.