Not meaning to butt in. I noticed the conversation and agree with a good amount of what you said.
Though any kid can go to google.com and type in the same stuff and find porn. I came across it sometimes on Facebook as well but rarely. I think though ultimately.. That's the job of parents to make sure their kids are not exposed to such things. We shouldn't prevent free speech for that in my opinion.

The bots are an issue but also free speech as long as they are not malicious.

I actually created bots back on mIRC in the 90's and.. I see the benefits and the cons.

I do believe steemit had said bots are against the rules, but enforcing that is sorta of like banning marijuana.. It's just so overwhelming they would have to be like totalitarian Hitler style almost to clamp down on it.

And.. Since there are a lot of good and helpful bots I doubt they will. BUT.. It is a major complaint. Maybe some day they will get strict about it.