I think the changers you mentioned would be a benefit to the system tbh.

Some of the high paying payouts make me chuckle when I see what the posts are about.

I do use bots, but it is more to bump up my sp than the rewards in my pocket.

When you spend hours writing a post and you get a 0.01c up vote it is a bit disheartening.

maybe with the hard fork more people would read the posts and the value of the post will go up without having to use them.

lets see what the future brings :D