[ttgurney]

One thing I did not notice in the article is that the frequency of spam and scammers might make people more cynical and mistrustful of others in general. Just speculating based on my own experience. People treating me and people close to me like trash reinforces my belief that the world in general just sucks. And if I want to resist that attitude for the sake of my emotional well-being, I have to consciously go looking for counterexamples. It's tiresome.