especially since flagging is not incentivized at all.

That's not entirely true. I am working on that but I don't really have enough SP for the incentivization to make a significant impact. We are making making an impact and have spent a lot of VP flagging junk that @yabapmatt decided to leave his bots vote on despite my frustrated advisement for him to not.

I wished you would give @steemflagrewards a look some time @acidyo. I may not be a hot shot bot owner with @freedom support (I would not use my automation skills for that nor do I agree that bid bots are purely "content promotion services" as the bot owners purport. You even used quotes when you said "promoting". I think you know where I am coming from.

Bid bots are doing more than advertising content. They are assigning value and rewards which diminishes curation. I don't think there is any way around it. I don't choose to be part of that. I would rather support posts on #nobidbot.