If I were appointed global mod of this forum, and let me tell you, I'd be a GREAT moderator, I'd fix this bot problem with a very simple solution. It'd be so simple, you'd be amazed by it. Because I'm great at coming up with simple solutions to problems like this.
We're going to build a hyooge firewall. A very large one, one so thick no bots will be able to pass through it. And guess what. Guess what. We're going to make the hackers pay for it. Mark my words. We're going to build a hyooge, the greatest firewall, and make the hackers pay for it. And you're going to see it.