Spammish comments are falling and most likely due to people not voting them or even flagging some of them showing this is not the way to act here on steemit.

Yes! And it's a nice relief to see that people are realizing the importance of this. Most of them are possibly here for a quick get rich thinking but soon understand it's much more than that.

And yes.. having a strong and supportive family (or community) is very important.