response rate

[Kristina412]

response rate 86% Why? I always answer imediatly, 2 times I have no answer but it was spam which I reported

thanks

Kristina

[Elena87]

@Kristina412 

There was a discussion about this recently as per the topic below.

https://community.withairbnb.com/t5/Help/Be-SURE-to-Engage-With-Scammers-You-ll-Pay-For-It-If-You-DO...

To keep up a good response rate, it seems (absurdly ) the best practice is to reply to a scam or junk message, even with a single dot or dash, afterwards report the user then archive the message.