I'm actually looking forward to the new steemit api token system that is coming up, (next month?) I'm hoping it helps deal with the fake comments a bit better by allowing the flag option on it.
The way I figure it, if we have a wordpress plugin that allows us to use steemit as a comment system as well as a cblog platform OUTSIDE of steemit.com we are likely to be able to use blacklist plugins, spam blockers etc before the api even loads.
Those that do get past it, will end up getting flagged by our real users and the those that are hosting the plugins on their own sites.
what's left should be a real community.
:)