"Data doesn't lie" — very true. There are a lot of comment bots out there, and if they drop generic comments on every post, they’re bound to get small votes here and there. That adds up over time, so it’s clearly profitable for minimal (or zero) effort.
What’s wild is that these low-effort spam comments don’t seem to get flagged by the same people who claim to uphold the “quality post” standard. Makes you wonder how consistent those standards really are.
What do you think is stopping those accounts from being penalized more often? Is it because they fly under the radar, could one of those "big boss" accounts be the one running it, or is it just not worth the effort to deal with them?
RE: Text analytics reveal thirty two percent of comments on hive are not unique and at least ten percent add no value to discussion