Thanks @crokkon, it's good to be back!

I think spam is a risk with any new inlet for the blockchain, particularly automated ones. But the spam teams have plenty of power delegated now so should be able to fight against it if the need arises. There could even be some form of plagiarism pre-search installed as part of SteemPress to block spam before it is posted.

I think the upside of bringing experienced quality blogs to Steemit should hopefully outweigh the downside. But I may run my spam analysis again soon just to check!