One misconception I see about spam labeling: "I'm a real human. I'm not a bot."

Claiming "I'm not a bot" doesn't change the quality of your content. If you're farming replies and not being thoughtful, that's spam.

And saying "Oh, I was just hoping to make some money, I'll do better in the future" doesn't work. Because every spammer will say the same thing.

It's not hard to not be spammy. Just cast a little less, be a little more thoughtful.

imagining onboarding new users who have to figure out how the app works and then next thing they know, they’re in spam, shouldn’t there be provisions against that?

am i telling users to join just to come and observe or to participate?

Most new users don't cast. 90 / 9 / 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1%25_rule