Hey, @crokkon.
Nothing against steemcleaners, the steemflagrewards folks, or anyone else who uses their stake to genuinely flag bad actors (as opposed to those who seem to use them for retaliatory purposes, or just because), but this—removing Steemit delegated SP in the nascent stages of accounts—to me, is the most effective way to fight spam.
While I know there is plenty more stake that could get involved in the flagging of rewards if they so chose, as it stands, there is still a goodly amount of resources and man hours that go into knocking down these accounts who only seem to find ways to adapt and continue more than they fade away. Or the same bad actors open more accounts and start all over again in the blockchain version of cat and mouse.
So, thank you for this post. I'm glad you're able to identify these folks and Steemit is willing and able to take pretty swift action against them.
They have gotten better, but it does feel like a bit too little given how long some of these guys have been abusing.
Hey, @enforcer48.
It definitely does. In my mind, that speaks to the inefficiency of the flagging tool as a means of actually stopping these guys, as opposed to having their accounts essentially powered down. No SP, No RCs. No SP, no VP. And it doesn't require any resources or man hours be spent at all after that, both of which could actually be turned around and used for something else.