Although I agree that all those spammers are making money from everyone. We, minnows, crave attention and growth. We feel like we are forgotten and neglected, especially by the whales and dolphins. As a new small fish, I thought this is the way to get known and paid whatever I made to a couple of those spammers and bots. of course, lost my money and got nothing in return. I wasn't told and the names that do the spamming are well followed, supported and appreciated it seemed.

It is true that steemit doesn't owe us anything and we shouldn't expect a get rich at all. But all the founders and supporters of Steemit since it was a baby owe their baby support and love. If you want to clean steemit from spammers, then deprive them of their target, the minnows and larger fishes.

There are multiple problems in the platform these days. I hope someone will hear what I say and do something about it. Or at least tell me that you hear and will try to do something about it. It is sad to be ignored because I am "no-one important" on steemit.

1-Many people are spamming the platform with crappy posts. Good posts from new people are hard to spot if you get thousands of posts every second.

2- Promoted tag: some posts stay on promoted forever, even after they are paid, while others disappear quickly. Why? I don't know. I tried it and my post didn't take 2 min there then disappeared.

3- Trending and hot tags: what makes a post trending or hot? How do we make posts good enough to get noticed on hot or trending? It is a mystery to me.

4- Maybe allowing point system to reward authors and curators will make new people less likely to want fast fame and prevent spammers business.

I am grateful to have found about steemit and I have a chance to share my art, photography and writings. It just sometimes becomes very discouraging when nothing we do seem appreciated or acknowledged day in and day out. All the while, many people are discussing these issues but nothing is done, except an increase in spammers/bot business.

Thank you very much for making this platform, for the post and for your attention.

Sincerely :)