Trash topics, trash tags

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. This is true. Just as one man's trash is another man's treasure, but there is trash that is trash to everyone.

How do we arm ourselves in the war against SPAM?

SPAM officially stands for Solicitations, Pornography, Advertisements, and Marketing, but it has come to encompass so much more. On Steemit we get;

Solicitation (Begging)

Follow for follow, upvote for upvote. BUY MY VOTE TODAY! If you send me money I'll resteem you.

Pornography and Plagiarism (and plagiarized pornography)

A recent cornucopia of posts that say"DISCLAIMER: This material was found on the web"

Advertisements (and Asshattery)

"Nice Post, upvoted"
"I upvoted you, upvote me"
"Very good photo"

Mooching

Posting a comment on someone else's post and self-voting it.

The best armament against SPAM is creating quality

• Take time to write thoughtful comments when you read people's work. Take time to read people's work.
  I can't begin to describe how many time's I'm upvoted just for being me. Don't get me wrong I love the money, but the last few weeks I could have posted 200 bananas and made $1200. Read what people post, then show interest by creating thoughtful comments that spark discussion (or better yet inspire more posts of equal or better quality)

• Post about what you love! Forget trying to find what other people love. Post your passions and it will show. People will share in your passions and upvote you for being human and a little vulnerable.

• Quit begging! Seriously just stop. Now, saying "upvote and resteem isn't begging it's a call to action and that's fine. Begging is JUST saying upvote me or resteem this. Don't post crap just for money.

• Don't be in it for the money. The money is here (lots of it) but if you're in it for the money you won't see much of it at all. Instead be in it for your passions. Seriously, simply do what you LOVE to do and share it with the community. The money will follow!

Don't support spammers

When you see SPAM, don't upvote or resteem it!

Paying for SPAM tells the spammers this is ok. Instead of supporting spammers, look for posts about things you love and upvote the authors that bring you value.

What is Value?

Simply put a valuable post is one or more of the following;

• Entertaining
• Educational
• Scientific
• Literary
• Artistic
• Emotional

So yes, your memes have value. Your opinions have value. Your garden is valuable. Your SPAM and lotteries are not valuable.

As always, I steem for my Kids...

Please share your comments on the #waronspam