Hear, hear! This stuff is getting out of control. Actually, I don't think any moves by Steemit Inc. are a good idea. Remember, we as a community have to invent ways to tackle these challenges. I get the feeling that in the future, as Steem and Steemit become more popular these challenges will only increase.

Education is the first step. Teaching new users not to upvote crappy comments is essential. Making bots to track down these bots is another solution.

The main issue right now is that it is not directly profitable to tackle these problems. One of the main issues is that bots inherently have nearly infinite time and attention... humans don't.

The best solution would be to somehow make it so that bots weren't super profitable.

This is something people haven't really considered when they ask for easier onboarding. If it's this easy to launch a fleet of bots now, how easy will it be once the signup process is simpler?

Basically, we need a way for people to simply visualize and see behavior happening on the Steem blockchain (not sql... not new Steemian friendly) and better rewards for well-placed downvotes.