Maybe this is even orchestrated by the Gavincoiners to fill blocks up to force people into Gavincoin (xt).
Blockchain wallet message ad campaign was here before the core/xt split. It has nothing to do with supporters of raising block size limit.
Regardless of that i think this service is proof transactions are too cheap
With Gavincoin these type of activities would just grow larger and in the end the bitcoin blockchain is filled with tras
Even if you double the fee, it's still low. It's only supported by blockchain wallet, so these spam will never be a widespread problem. For bitcoiners using other clients, it's free bitcoin. We need to keep fees low to make bitcoin a practical currency.
Is the bitcoin blockchain a dumping ground? Gavincoiners certainly would think so.
Higher block sizes is a general consensus, we are touching the 1M limit more frequently now and it's not because of these spam. We need to increase transaction capability, xt/core devs only differs on how we achieve that.