You have touched upon a really painful subject for many. I have not been watching the trend messages section for a long time, because most of the time it is filled with meaningless silly posts that have gained their payout with the help of bots. It really makes me upset and depressed. I deliberately refused to use bots in my posts. Even if the post is less than a dollar and my vanity is dead, I hold on and I don't go to the bot. I chose an honest way. I urge everyone to take this path. Stop, stop milking the system! So we will not be able to become a platform 1 on the Internet.
Imagine a situation. A major investor learned about the Steemit and decided to take a look at what it is. It opens the page of the trend. And what does he see? He sees real shit that doesn't make any sense. Of course, the investor will leave.
I fully support the idea of flagging those ridiculous messages raised by bots. We must all fight for an honest and fair Steemit. Every dollar given to a bot to a worthless post is a dollar taken away from those who really work, and deserves awards.