The first time I ever saw this reCAPTCHA I was blown away. REALLY?! All you have to do is click a button? No more:

Amazing... but it's not being used enough. I don't know how much bandwidth and processing power this thing takes, but couldn't we be using it for everything? Upvotes, Downvotes, Follows, Posting, ETC. If that's not a viable option, couldn't we just use it on suspected bot accounts and low reputation accounts?

Bots

99% of bots are a nuisance. They bring nothing to the table. They are annoying and they are trying to exploit the rewards pool. We should get rid of them. So far, I've only seen one interesting bot: @fairlotto. @fairlotto is kind of amazing because it's a lottery that circumvents gambling law. Because no rake is being taken from the lottery pool, @fairlotto is not gambling. @fairlotto only makes money on upvotes, pretty cool if you ask me.

Bots do have a place here, but only 1% of them. Bots should have to be registered and useful, while not being annoying and trying to exploit rewards. The most obvious indicator of a bot is an account following a massive amount of people. a-a-a is almost following 200,000 people. Disgusting. How is there not a limit or flags in place for this kind of behavior? Also, I'd like to point out that @fairlotto is following 2 people... 2. Whoever is running that account is awesome.

Oops I take it back, there is a 5% fee on @fairlotto. So it might not be entirely legal but whatever, it's still a valuable service and 5% isn't terrible. Also, the decentralized global nature of The Blockchain often circumvents pesky bureaucratic laws like gambling.