Thank you, this is a very well thought out response.
I believe the best long term solution will be to have a new UI that allows for better filtering, sorting and exposing those articles that have been boosted. These UI's are now in development by 3rd party people that are concerned about the long term health of our platform.
turned over the keys.Please contat @whatamidoing for more information on the direction of the #nobitbot tag, he and his team are now taking the leads on this one as I have