Good ideas mate for sure. The approval process is a great idea. We have a process that was introduced in the virtual world, where the content goes through a "Peer Review" and needs x-amount of votes before it passes and is publicly viewable. That alone cut the crap being submitted in half overnight. Not saying that is the right solution for here, but what i am saying is this type of system can work wonders in increasing quality content. Also to give there bots there day, maybe even a "No Bot" option for users that have been through the process, then it would at least give bots there chance etc. I am not saying i like the bots being here, but if they are going to be apart of the ecosystem then creating a happy medium with steemians might be a solution.