[welcometoea]

I understand people have to comment/like a post to be able to see hidden content, but I've yet to see a post where you also have to pay/use credits. Why do people spam random characters or nonsense on posts when they're still gated by credits?
Additionally, how do people verify the content they're using credits on is legit when the thread is absolutely clogged with these nonsense? It's not like anyone calling out a malicious link/file would be seen in the flood of spam comments? Am I misunderstanding something about how the site operates?