I agree that bots are harmful to the community. However, Steem is trying to be decentralised, which means that everyone should be able to program a website or app that interacts with the blockchain.
If that wasn't so, the entire power would lie in Steemit 's hands. Instead, we all have the power to create an app that uses the Steem blockchain.
But that also means everyone has the power to write a bot that does that. It's hard to distinguish a bot from another regular application, as both post content "automatically".
What could be done to block bots but not apps like busy.org, while keeping the Steem API open to all uses?
bot killers...
flag em to oblivion..
let the warz begin.