Some thoughts on spam on Farcaster and how we tackle it. 

First question - What is spam?  

The naive answer is "automated activity" but this isn't right. Over 75% of spam we find comes from real humans who have phones, wallets and x accounts. 

The best definition is "inauthentic activity". It's that feeling you get when you realize that someone who is following, liking or replying to is doing it to benefit themselves and not because they're interested in you.

AMA - anything you want to know about spam after reading this thread

Technowatermelon. Elder Millenial. Building Farcaster. 

nf.td/varun

I am almost 100% sure that the system will also identify regular accounts as spam. For me, this is quite relevant, because it is difficult to distinguish spam from post-irony, jokes, delusional messages, which are the main purpose of maintaining your account. It is the type of humour, not spam. 
Of course, this will happen with such accounts, because they are checked by the system, and not by a living person. 

What should alt accounts, meme accounts and other trolls and comedians do?

Technomelon. Elder zoomer. Trolling Farcaster. Founder of /post-irony. CHRISTIAN BATTLE RAPPER

I haven't seen anything that suggests that alts are being labelled as spammy by our model. 

There is even no good explanation for why this would happen.

Then I'm calm.
Just many users don't like the content of alt accounts and they block us. 
I think this could have an impact too.