Great post / Nice post / Follow me follow back... kinds of comments are very common! But do you know this kind of generic comment could be caught as SPAM and the consequence?

Fighting SPAM on steemit

I am sure we all hate SPAM. It is a waste of time, a waste of bandwidth, a waste of network traffic. But there are still a lot of people doing SPAM. Fortunately, we also have quite a lot of good guys fighting against SPAM on steemit. Today, let's see an example.

@spaminator is one of those good guys on steemit. They regularly scan for suspicious comments and give warning message.

SPAM Case 1: Great Post!

"Great post!" is a very common comment that you may have seen thousands of times on steemit. Well, I personally do not think this is a very serious SPAM problem. But there may exist some people who programmatically push this generic comment to thousands of posts for the sake of their name being exposed, and probably be replied and followed.

Next time when you find something nice, tell the reasons and express your feelings a bit more.

SPAM Case 2: Upvote me

Have you ever really upvoted anyone only because they asked for it? Never! I think the rate of successfully get an upvote should be closed to zero!

The best way to get upvote is to provide good content.

SPAM Case 3: Ad

Just like junk mail of promotional materials, we see junk comment on steemit too. In order to make you click through, the offer is usually attractive. There may also be hackers who post these links phishing your information.

Do not click on something that is irrelevant to your post or something you don't know.

Reputation lost

Once a comment found as SPAM, it will be flagged. The reputation of that steemit account will be decreased. Anyone who is flagged repeatedly over a period of time, the reputation could become a negative value too.

In some cases, it may be easy to commit SPAM unintentionally. If you were afraid of being flagged, you may have a look at their Tips to avoid getting flagged. A good reading to avoid a careless mistake.

Do not put your hard-earned reputation at risk!

Thank you for reading.