Why do bots keep asking to join my club?

It sounds like you believe these requests are computer generated. I don't. I believe these requests are made by people...just can't bring myself to call them players...These people use multiple accounts to, UNFAIRLY, gain extra storage, factories, commercial buildings, and extra trade center(s). Usually, I've found, these people DO compete, just not with the account they send the request from. I also believe they DO participate in chat, but only with their primary account. They don't have time to chat with us unless they are in desperate need of something. It seems to me that the only reason they send requests to join our clubs, (with their extra accounts), is to have easy access to what we are selling. In other words, I believe that they target players who are active sellers during the hours they "play". What we can do is NOT accept any requests from OBVIOUS dummy accounts, but then we risk turning down a REAL beginner. Not cool. I say what we could do INSTEAD is: accept everyone's request, but, after a certain length of time of "inactivity" or "non-participation", (could be a week, two weeks, a month), exercise our right as club president to remove these people.