Hey @streetstyle,
Like you mentioned in your post, I myself am kind of new to Steem and I am often amazed by how much these spam posts make on a daily basis.
While they may not be considered 'spam' by everyone, but it does get annoying when certain bots posts dozens of times a day simply reporting the value of a coin or whatever.
I mean... if I wanted to know the value of a coin I'd just check and know exactly within 10 seconds.
There is no real value provided.