Well I have to strongly disagree with you gtg, in the post in question the user was accusing jaguar.force of this and that, so first of all we have the right to reply and for that reply(ies) to be as visible as the accusation, second of all the comments started being flagged by the abuser exposed in our largest investigation to date (sardrt, check the post, its a masterpiece: https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@jaguar.force/introducing-cryptorecycling-a-covert-concealed-approach-to-reposting-adrianobalan-and-sardrt-1550610346155) so in view of that and that we couldnt counter the flags, it was decided that it was more than fair to just repost the same comment to circumvent the abusers' flags.
We dont usually do it unless it is of maximal importance for the comments to be seen, which was the case, as a result of our maneuvre and the comments ending up visible, several members of the italian community became aware of our post regarding sardrt and Co., one user of the italian community who saw it even went as far as to make this post (https://steemit.com/ita/@charlesx/fermento-per-steemit-con-la-rivelazione-di-abusi-di-certi-utenti-italiani-colti-con-le-mani-nel-barattolo-della-marmellata)

So, in other words, spam can be construed in many forms but in the context of the chain I think its fair to say that posting the same comment for example to bait votes, or posts for the same profit reason is spam, for example, "nice post!" comments and copypasted articles...

Now, if in the context of fighting abuse, which is what we do, we have to comment on accusations against us or on abusers, and these abusers flag our comments, only a perverse definition of spam would apply when all things are considered.

In any case, nice to hear from you gtg