I remember the cesspool of spam that was. So many people reposting pics downloaded from other sites for a quick (and horny) profit. I spent a lot of voting power muting that kind of abuse with anti-spam projects on the old chain before we had the separate down ote pool. As usual, there were self-righteous spammers accusing us of wrongdoing as they copy/pasted someone else's content.
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It was silly. Why do people think they should earn from stuff that is available elsewhere?
Because they are ever so helpful unofficial affiliate marketers for other businesses. At least, that's the gist of how at least one such spammer responded. Can't you see how essential it is for them to earn crypto for sharing stuff that's free on every torrent site or available with an unfiltered Google search?