I've recently started downvoting spammy comments. For a long time I didn't believe in downvoting, and never did, but now I see it is an integral part of how this system functions without a central authority. We all become responsible for fighting spam.

I actually gave a 100% downvote today to someone who not only commented in a way that clearly showed he/she had just looked at the photo and not read the post, but also seemed to use 3 different sock puppet accounts to upvote their own post to about .16 so that it appeared first in the list of post comments. Or maybe it really is a group of spammers working together to reward each other's comments and encourage other readers to think it's a comment worth supporting. Whatever the plan, not working on my blog.