I'll have to check out that post. But I know it's hard to prevent people from creating an account for spamming as there is no way to vet them... similar to FB and Twitter really. And maybe even more so here because all you need is a little Litecoin or Steem to create an account - no phone number, email, etc. Welcome to decentralization! ;)
And no, I personally don't have much interest in becoming a witness. It's a little late in the game unless you have a huge following that would vote for you.
EDIT: I just read his post and that's insane. Had no idea that so many spammers are creating accounts so easily. Surely this is something that Steemit Inc. can put a stop to. Thanks for pointing that out!
Here you go: https://steemit.com/steemit/@themarkymark/steemit-creates-accounts-for-scammers-and-nobody-else#@newageinv/re-themarkymark-steemit-creates-accounts-for-scammers-and-nobody-else-20180408t200218085z
Little steps at a time but you should ultimately consider Witness from what I see... They will need more as the platform grows!
Read that today too. Absolute madness. It took me only a day to get my account but the people I recommended to try out Steemit gave up because it was weeks and no account was given to them.
Good hardworking people that would have brought a ton to the platform. Yet these scam accounts get in? Man oh man...I love this place but wow.
You can buy an account, which is what I imagine somebody looking to make a ton of money would do.
Cg