Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
someone will eventually punish them
It is exactly this sort of innocence these spammers are capitalizing on because this is far less true than we imagine. Many people see this literal spam as friendly compliments and have continued upvoting even after my reply has already appeared.
This all clearly underscores that this is no simple question.
That's the fearsome thing
I wish there's something like a white-list for legitimate people, but it's hard to do for a platform like this one. We'll see...