I feel like this is a weak point. There are countless spam/scam websites out there, because anyone can spin up a page and publish something. That’s why you exercise a bit of caution and skepticism.

That’s the tradeoff of an open web. When you have a limitless design space, you get lots of trash.

But saying “websites are a scam” is just disingenuous to the fact that some websites are very legit and very useful.

'heavily linked' is a subjective phrase. It cannot be a 'fact'. Is the Internet 'heavily linked', 'lightly linked', or just 'linked' to scams? Your research would be appreciated.