AFKers are not the problem

[Naiser]

to be clear, you are no more entitled to play than the people sitting AFK. if they got in there first before you and just didn't leave that's a sad day for you but they get to play and you don't opposed to you getting to play and they don't.
i think it's just as selfish to blame the afk people as it is to sit afk so you don't lose your spot online. fact is there is a limit resource and the only fair way to handle it is first come first serve & kick resource hoggers who afk > 20 mins .

There fixed it for you. You did qualify that you wanted a FAIR way.

[Naiser]

You can set up a macro that hits a key very easily. People will do it if the servers continue to be as awful as they are now. You can't even log on to the JP servers anymore without getting 1017 so now that their precious JP players are being inconvenienced they will definitely do something to fix it hopefully.

Then they are liable to being caught as botters.

Edited: Dorkula was responding to someone who said his suggestion of using the auto-run to beat being flagged as AFK (and hence becoming a candidate for being kciked) would not work. It would seem that he is now suggesting a way to automate hitting of buttons... Which is botting.

[RaidenTaichou]

Then they are liable to being caught as botters.

Botting is using third party programs whether it be claiming/crafting/gathering....macros that are provided in game is NOT botting...but good try.