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RE: Is it Possible to get Trending Without Using Bots?
If @curie picks you up with the curation trail then I think there's a chance you might get there. I cant see how in any other case.
I would welcome Steemit.inc's policy if in fact they do get rid of the bots. I do use them, but I don't abuse them. If they were gone tomorrow and we all had a level playing field again I would be the first to cheer.
I've seen some cases where someone got upvoted by some random whales. Made sure it wasn't a bought vote from Minnowbooster or Smartsteem. Also Dtube manually upvotes good content, at first I thought it was a bot, but apparently not.
Maybe if you have the highest reward tier from @qurator you'd get there with some additional whale votes?
I'm really not sure what the criteria is for trending. Its a place that I never look at anymore. I think it might be a case of big $ and many votes to get seen there.
If I'm looking for some new good content I tend to look on @thesteemengine's baggage-car area. There's always something worth reading there.
I tend to check Trending occasionally just to get important Steemit-related news. Mostly browsing through Hot and the different Discord channels otherwise.
If the Steem price keeps increasing, we might become the next whales, if we ever manage to get +50 dollar upvotes :-)