> Does it make a difference to you? Yes > users [may not] mind: node count has risen in recent years Maybe some of them don't. But about 20% of them have switched to using software that reduces the amount of spam on their system. That's telling. It's also possible for a person to be discouraged by the spam but not yet so discouraged that he stops running his node, or refuses to start. And yet if the discouragement continues to build, it may dissuade new people from starting and long-time node runners from continuing.