I am also still a newbie here! I feel that the toxicity from the spammy comments come from those who are new to Steemit, as well as some of the population who uses English as a second language.
In the gaming community the term "BM" refers to bad manners and is a common slang term. When I try to explain that a visitor in my comments is spaming, I let them know what they are doing is "bad manners" as the vocabulary is readily understood. I've had people apologize in the comments when I tell them this.
Maybe I'll write a post on this topic, and expression between language.
You're on the money. If you want to create good content, you need to surround yourself that share the same goal, and those that do. We naturally adapt to our immediate surroundings, so why not fill that with quality too!
Thanks for stopping by, I'm going to be visiting you in a little bit.