@joseph I may be naive but I'm still giving people the benefit of the doubt. I think for the most part, these people are just clueless.

At first glance, it's obvious that there has been a huge influx of people here who's primary language is not English. That brings a cultural as well as the obvious language difference.

It has taken me a while to realize that sometimes a silent upvote is better than a vocally expressed, but meaningless, "good post, I agree".

And while I sometimes get frustrated, I will often reply to spammy comments with a link to a post explaining solid methods for creating a better community here on Steemit. Once in a while, it actually breaks through and I get a thoughtful response.