Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 5769 SBD and 9491 STEEM on post promotions using bid bots or vote selling services. I know bid bots are a controversial topic and it is not up to me to decide if these bots are good or bad. Heck, I'm a bot myself, so who am I to judge? However, I can help you with your own judgment by providing data. Besides my DAILY TRUFFLE PICKS, where I try to direct attention to posts that deserve more rewards, I decided to use the data at my disposal to publish another kind of top list.

Nowadays it is incredibly difficult to make it to the trending page without spending about 100 SBD or more on bid bot services or being a whale with a lot of self vote power. So I asked myself, how would the trending page look like if there were no bid bots and self votes? Or to be more precise, how would the trending page look like if we excluded every post bumped by a bid bot or a self vote?

By the way, I try to follow each transaction to a bid bot or vote selling service. Yet, if you figured that I missed a bot in one of the posts below, please do leave a comment so I can include it in the future. Thanks!

The Top 10 Posts NOT Promoted by Bots

So without further ado, here are the top earning, text based posts (excluding dmania etc.) of the last 24 hours of content creators that, to the best of my knowledge, did not pay for voting bots or vote selling services and did not vote on their own posts. A list of the humble, so to say. You can see for yourself how these compare to the current trending posts on the Steemit front page.

#1 Abuse Series Call to Action -- by @enforcer48 with a current reward of 112 SBD

; ; ; ; ;Sometimes, Steemians think abuse fighters constantly look for abusive behavior on the blockchain. While I can attest that many of them do, there are times members of the community contribute by sending tips. Sometimes, the abuse involves large payouts that cannot be tackled by a few flaggers. ; ; ; ; ;When it is impossible to neutralize the abuse alone, it is time to involve the community. Many Steemians are more than willing to lend a helping flag. ; ; ; ; ;Recently, steemflagrew...

#2 Andre Gray Football Academy will reward your skills -- by @ashtv with a current reward of 94 SBD

I want to highlight this fantastic new Steem initiative that has been launched by premiership footballer Andre Gray! See agfacademy and The aim is of the initiative is to attract and reward younger football enthusiasts from disadvantaged backgrounds. They are encouraged to undertake football skill tasks or drills set by Andre himself, on camera. The first step in the process is the to watch the videos, understand the demonstration and then to take video of yourself or a friend doin...

#3 DApps on STEEM Analyzing Fundition -- by @paulag with a current reward of 76 SBD

Fundition is a nextgeneration, decentralized, peertopeer crowdfunding and collaboration platform, built on the Steem blockchain. Source Fundition.io With SMTs early next year, Developers have the opportunity to launch their app on STEEM and maybe even share in some kick starter finance from Steemit Inc. Fundition has been in receipt of funding from Steemit Inc by way of delegation from Misterdelegation to the tune of 1M SP. As one of the newer apps on the block, this is the first analysis I...

#4 Comparing Two Future Buddhas -- by @slowwalker with a current reward of 72 SBD

There are two temples having giant stone future Buddha, Maitreya, in Korean Mireuk, not far from each other. And the stone Buddha statues of Mireuk Maitreya are very unique in its style. Below are the Mireuk statue in Gwanchoksa temple. Below are the Mireuk statue in Daejosa temple. It seems that one mason made those two statue in my opinion. In record, the monk who made the Maitreya, Future Buddha, in Gwanchoksa temple. It was 10th century when this statue was built. King G...

#5 Curie Author Showcase November 4th, 2018 -- by @curie with a current reward of 71 SBD

In the spirit of Curies mission to promote undiscovered but exceptional content, we wish to use this twice weekly section to provide an author showcase for some of the outstanding authors who received Curie upvotes in past week. Curie curators and reviewers nominate authors for inclusion in this showcase and author approval is sought and attained. For those new to Curie, please follow curie, and join us on Discord Follow curies votes to support the authors. Please consider following o...

#6 STEMng Digest Episode 40 -- by @stemng with a current reward of 49 SBD

This digest is the 40th episode of the stemng digest series where we bring to you some of the best posts under the stemng tag in the past edition. classpullleft For those that do not know yet, stemng is a subcommunity of steemSTEM, a communitydriven project which seeks to promote wellwritten and informative Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics posts by Nigerians on Steemit. The project involves submitting quality STEMrelated posts to the steemSTEM management for upvoting ...

#7 Hotel Andaluz -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 47 SBD

Hotel Andaluz is a historic boutique hotel located in downtown Albuquerque. For our recent anniversary, we started our evenings celebrations with appetizers and cocktails on their rooftop bar. We were a little engulfed in celebrating our special day, so we neglected to get too many pictures, but we did manage to capture a few pictures of this extravagant and beautiful hotel. We got to the rooftop bar just as the sun was setting, and just as Eli Del Puerto began playing an acoustic set. She...

#8 Sunset Alamogordo -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 46 SBD

Today in our travels, we stumbled upon this beautiful, reflective pond outside of the New Mexican town Alamogordo. While unimpressive in size, the placid and reflective qualities of the small body of water will stay in my memory. Very near to the famed White Sands, you can spot how the proximity of the large gypsum field has marked this area. The dirt surrounding the pond glistened with white specks of sand. I took many photos, but even the highest quality camera could not do justice t...

#9 Trinity Site -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 43 SBD

Another interesting place we encountered along our route today was the Trinity Site. Those interested in history know the Trinity Site to be the location of original atomic blast. The technology responsible for aiding in the end of World War II was put to the test here in this desolate stretch of the Chihuahuan desert. The center site of the first nuclear detonation is only open twice a year, once in April and once in October. Those who manage to fight the crowds and arrive early enough...

#10 CATCHING SOFTSHELL TURTLES IN McALLEN, TX -- by @papa-pepper with a current reward of 43 SBD

Irrigation canals can be an excellent place to look for Softshell Turtles across Texas. While visiting my brotherinlaw in McAllen, TX, we couldnt help but notice the ditch full of water across the street. Not wanting to miss out on an adventure, I was soon exploring the area with my oldest son. Within one minute we had already located and captured a small Softshell Turtle, and before we were done, we had caught four of them and a RedEared Slider too. RedEared SliderWhile there were ...

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