I belive that crowd sourcing might be able to provide a solution to this problem. What if there was a pool made up of steemians that were always available to quality check posts being submitted to voting bots? This pool could be set up on a per bot basis, or could be created as a stand alone service provided by a group such as Steem Cleaners. People would sign up to be a part of the pool on a paid basis, and prospective posts would be randomly assigned to them as they are submitted to the bots. It doesn't take that long to do a quick assessment on whether or not something is a shit post. They wouldn't be doing a full quality assessment. As the checkers verify the post, they will comment on it that it was checked by QC Inspector number 12 (or their username). The bots would see that and know the post was good to go. Pool members have an incentive to not blindly blindly approve because they will either get less work, or even be penalized. Another option is a rating system for checkers. Also, by putting their name on it, they take personal ownership of the assessment.
Funding would come from benefactors such as yourself as well as the bots themselves. They have a vested interest in keeping it going.
By allowing any Steemian to sign up, it enables parallel processing via human power, leveraging the most powerful computer on the planet, the human brain.
I'm not saying this idea is foolproof. There are major hurdles to overcome such as:
How do we get people to sign up to be part of the pool?
By what criteria do we rate QC analysts?
How do we randomly assign posts
How do we deal with less common languages
How do we determine if a QC analyst is available
What standards do we set for review time
Many more questions that would come up as we implement
As I may have said before, this is only one possible solution. What other solutions could come from this community of pioneers? You have brought visibility to the issue, now it's time to start focusing on solutions.
RE: Round #2, Because I'm lazy... countering highest SP bot with highest Max Age, including shitposts, no resteeming though