Lemmy will need a trust and safety team, but those can be expensive, and it would be an operational challenge for every instance to have experienced people. Would probably work best if there was a T&S collective and instances can elect to use them as a resource.
Proof of concept for allowing super users to have a patreon model maybe?
Though I can’t remember the last time there were site wide famous users. Last I remember is that bird lady.
If this is their endgame the bot problem would get even worse as the value proposition improves for abusers