The problem is the only solution to many of the problems steem faces are centralized. Until the community has the resources and desire to police itself, it will decay or require centralization in some degree.
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Totally agreed!
Regulation is centralised in nature given the subjectivity of rules, but to create a community with certain basic limits to enforce safety and comfort, it's necessary. I'm not sure how it can be done without hardcoding it into the blockchain.
As you say, the community needs more resources and desire to police itself. There is a lackluster unwillingness to meddle with shady projects.
The ideal solution, also unlikely, is the birth of many measures like your blacklist. People creating bots, stuff like Steemcleaners, to massively influence the quality of the site. The community needs moderators, but decentralisation blocks this in its core. Though it's accomplishable, it's much harder than on any other community.
Do you think blockchain-based centralisation is the best solution to this?
I think it is the best solution considering the near zero community involvement. It’s not best for decentralization but it is the best for getting the done.