After giving it further thought, I believe that the spam is not harming the ecosystem and I would rather see a permanent solution implemented such as 55651 - Followee confirmation. In fact, I think decentralization has improved based on the steady increase of total voting participation as well as the sudden increase that occurred when this proposal was submitted. We have now Rejected 20 spam proposals by Absolute Majority because of this increased participation. This is the first time ever that proposals have been decided by Absolute Majority when the initiating vote that executed liquid democracy was not cast by DFINITY. This is happening without default following that was configured on all neurons in the first year after genesis. I would rather allow total voting participation (and therefore decentralization) to continue to improve until a permanent spam solution can be implemented.
I know the DFINITY Growth team expressed concerns about the spam proposals. Perhaps a message worth presenting to new devs should be that decentralization is improving, which should resonate with them. Also, perhaps articles should be written for the DFINITY medium blog that state the real voting rewards that are being observed from governance participants. The dashboard and the DFINITY articles still quote the annualized voting rewards as if all neurons were always voting. This is misleading and perhaps an educational opportunity missed so far. Why not publish the real data that voting rewards for the 8 year dissolve delay has been 35 - 45% for neuron owners that are voting and 5-10% for neuron owners that are not voting. It seems that would have two positive results…attract new users and cause existing users to review their voting strategy. Just like the articles that are published previously, this would not be a promise of voting rewards. All it needs to be is a statement of fact along with educational information about how best to participate in governance based on the rules that are in place today.