Yes, that is a very good point: labelling things that has been promoted! I remember some years ago when adds began being made as real articles here in Denmark. There was a large discussion and as consumer protection laws are pretty strict here, all the newspapers started labelling the content. A quite reasonable thing to do.

Also an interesting point about the value of created content. As an artist I have realised that created content actually is very valuable... problem is that it is the easiest thing to leech on.

I think everybody should join in the downvoting efforts to clean this place of unhealthy practises. Maybe not stick your neck too far out (that's me being yelled at and downvoted by one of the bidbots :) , but join the efforts and maybe write about it. Steem was on a downhill slope and I really think everybody should step up and try to get quality "created" content rewarded while bad content should loose out.