RE: https://mastodon.social/@geerlingguy/113748846280868565

Yeah, any time someone thinks they can get riches without doing the normally-required work for it, they create a new source of spam.

Back during #Identi.ca's heyday, it was SEO spammers, thanks to an article on a "black hat SEO" site. Their first post was usually almost identical to what the article said, so we learned to be ready to silence (paralyze their account to prevent them from posting) anyone whose first post was "Hi, thanks for letting me in! ..."