Well, you're one of my favorite users. I enjoy reading your content and It's obvious you work a lot. I hope you are rewarded for that because you deserve it. You have many auto bots because you consistently deliver. Obviously, If you decided to make a series of low quality posts, many of the followers wouldn't notice and you'd be rewarded anyway but, as you stated, that's not your problem. It's the bot's problem. Without so many bots the Steemit ecosystem would be more or less auto regulating. Bots are a good idea but at the same time they may unsettle the system because of some unfairness they bring. I don't think the whole vigilante thing flagging to keep the rewards low is a good idea because it's like fighting an objective unfairness (bots biased work) with a subjective unfairness (flagger's opinion).
I believe when you have a piece of fertile land (Steemit) you should let the best seeds (Krnel and others) develop and grow, if they are not breaking the laws of nature. Obviously, that are very specific cases that may justify alternative solutions, like Steemsports, for instance. If some users are becoming so good (due to their work) they are seen as a menace to the majority, they should be offered a solution and not a bag full of flags.
I think in time this will all end well, it's just a matter of adjustments.