Agree on the spam issue. Having bandwidth limitations was one of the great features to help mitigate spamming. It made quality interaction actually somewhat necessary to get started - and that was one of the draws for this platform (which has been all but lost at this point).

I never understood why catering to low-quality users was preferred over the alternative.

One of the reasons bandwidth became an issue for new users was due to the payout period being changed to 7 days. When you have to wait that long to see your first rewards trickle in, it makes overcoming bandwidth limitations much harder for people eager to interact. It's another one of these changes that were made without properly evaluating the potential consequences and understanding the coherence of the original protocols and vision.

But they just kept plowing ahead without worrying about the effects of the changes...even after-the-fact, when abuses became much more rampant and lucrative. At this point, I have no expectation that anyone actually cares to restore protocols that were both purposeful and effective.