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RE: Fighting back against the spam accounts
I've seen people use this strategy myself. They agree to strategically upvote each other's content regardless of quality, and play by a strict set of upvoting rules within the group.
I'm quite new to Steemit so I'm not one to make any judgment, but I see these initiatives as something that may quickly lead to Steemit dying off in the not so distant future.
I agree that there are dangers to initiatives like this especially if there is an automatic upvote. The trick is for the group to self police itself and discourage its members from posting spam.
Team South Africa for example has something set up where a post automatically triggers a set number of votes but I'm certain that if I were to start posting spam the others would quickly "have a word" with me and if I refuse to stop I would be quickly kicked off the curation trail.
It all comes down to the community, specific groups or the whole Steemit community to discourage spam and encourage quality, even if there is money to be made in just circle voting each other's spam. I guess it comes down to integrity in the end and realizing that quality in the long run will be much more rewarding than just making a quick few bucks with spammy posts.
I'm afraid you may be right... Spam might be the death of Steemit if we don't do something about it.