The key point was that the spots had the wrong frequency or mode (and had comments begging the activator to go there), which I confess I (as a chaser) also find a mite irritating…
Yeah, the one non-spot I do find helpful is the “Now QRT” kind, when posted by the activator, because it means I can stop trying to pick the activator out of the tail-end-charlies who’re still hopefully calling in on the spotted frequency. However, a “QRT in 5 mins” or “Last call now” spot serves almost as well, and (I guess, propagation permitting) allows for the half-chance that I could go to that frequency and still hear the activator if I’m really quick (and the spot’s not spent too long getting to me)…