This is going to be an unpopular take, but I think nostr:nprofile1qqsvn6daczcrcgdaxdap9h84k33af876l6yy4gfth9gvrqhfund7nwqprfmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuum4v3hkxctjd3hhxtnrdaksz9nhwden5te0wfjkccte9ec8y6tdv9kzumn9wsqj2amnwvaz7tmzw4a85cn0wskhyetvv9ujucn4d3kxjumgvfhh2mn50yhxxmmdfgk5h0 is a great idea.

It's easily muted

People who boost those posts are easily unfollowed (or muted, or those posts filteted)

It's not a centralized entity (e.g. company) who decides what gets a lot of boosts, it's regular ol' users.

For those users who do engage, they're putting their reputation on the line. Most people will put up with some shenanigans but at some point it becomes annoying and people start ignoring the boosters.

Combine this with a web of trust to avoid random bots from boosting things into your feed. The bots can boost all they want to game the system, take the "influnecer's" money, and plebs don't ever even know it's happening.

The person paying will quickly realize they aren't getting what they want (people to buy their 💩 or whatever) and they'll stop paying. So that is yet another way this spam problem works itself out naturally.

It's basically the free market doing its thing. No centralization, no algorithms being foisted upon people without them being able to do anything about it. It's all transparent.

If you don't like it, take action. Mute 'em. Filter 'em. Ask for better tools to craft your feed (like "hide buzzbot unless the author is Ross", which is a rule I don't think any nostr client can handle right now).