What's the point of reporting cheating if SE doesn't even look into it?

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And then they report you for stalking, and since GMs can deal with stalking and not bots, there is a much higher chance you receive a harsher punishment and before the botter does

I've never had this issue so I'm not sure if you are going by hearsay or personal experience. What you got right though is their gathering bots got hit with a temp ban and not a warning.