Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 1285 SBD and 13491 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 Hey Communities! We Would Like to Feature You on the Steem Onboarding Website -- by @steemonboarding with a current reward of 54 SBD

One of the main issues a newly onboarded Steemian faces is finding a community that they are interested in being part of, a place where they can find people who shares the same interests. A Steemian who feels like heshe doesnt belong anywhere will feel like a lost fish in a big sea and start to get discouraged. Steem Onboarding will focus on solving this issue among other things by providing a helpful tool that supports all Steem communities. We will create a hub of information that f...

#2 Ants The Good, the Bad and the Ugly -- by @agmoore with a current reward of 45 SBD

The weaver ants in the picture above are demonstrating the high degree of cooperation that gives ants an edge over many competing species. Weaver ants are found in Australia and Southeast Asia. Here they are building a chain out of their own bodies so other ants can travel along the living bridge. Weavers are known to be skillful nest builders and fierce nest protectors. Antsnot just weaversare highly eusocial. They dedicate themselves, even sacrifice themselves, to the survival of th...

#3 Open Source SkyBlock Minecraft Addon New features bug fixes -- by @immanuel94 with a current reward of 45 SBD

Hello there steemians and minecraft players, i have added some new features and fixed bugs on SKYBLOCK.SK, a fully customizable skyblock experience in minecraft without having to know Java for server operators to use. Licenced under the MIT licence to use for everyone. Player gets damage on join This happens because the player is being teleported to his island while joining the server. Since there could be changes to the world and the island while the player is offline, he is teleported...

#4 Simple but Impressive Stone Towers in Cheoneunsa Temple -- by @slowwalker with a current reward of 35 SBD

Sometimes we might be deeply impressed by the trifle things. Especially in the realm of the beauty, there are exist various factors made us impressed. And this factors are different according to the inidual fondness. In my case, Ive been deeply impressed by the ordinary things. In this temple, I saw the stone pagodas at the back yard of the main buddhist building. As walking around the main hall, there was small halls behind the main building. The stone towers were not so speci...

#5 Curie Author Showcase December 5th, 2018 -- by @curie with a current reward of 33 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 Dark Chocolate Pecan Fudge -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 27 SBD

This recipe is adapted from my classic walnut fudge to yield an even richer and creamier variety. The dark chocolate and pecans make this fudge absolute decadent, without being any more difficult to whip up than a classic fudge recipe. I highly recommend the use of a candy thermometer, to ensure your milk and sugar has reached the appropriate heat before combining with other ingredients. The only other tip I have is let it cool as long as you possibly can stand it before cutting the fudge,...

#7 Nuis Tex Mex Finally, authentic Mexican food in Krabi Thailand -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 27 SBD

Like most North Americans, I love Tex Mex. It has always been a problem in Thailand to get good TexMex because so many places will just go buy some taco shells and shove whatever in there or cover some tortilla chips with anything in the closet and as long as there is cheese on top it must be right.... right? class pullright Nuis Tex Mex is run by a real Mexican and his Thai wife who has learned all the skills from him. Luis is the Mexican in question and he is actually a highly sou...

#8 Suan Moo Hao an excellent restaurant in Krabi that you wouldnt go to -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 27 SBD

There are certain hidden gems that exist in any tourismheavy environment that either dont have the money or capabilities of engaging a wider audience and i think that for this place the answer is both. However, this is a sideoftheroad establishment that it is highly unlikely anyone unfamiliar with it would ever attend. The sign contains a silly misspelling of the word restaurant and the menu itself features many more but this is incredibly common in Thailand. I generally am worried ...

#9 Whirling Whimpus Fearsome Critter -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 27 SBD

image via lumberwoods.com This fearsome critter is localized to the Appalachian region of America. This one, known as the whirling whimpus, is truly fearsome as it is entirely carnivorous, preying on large mammals and humans alike. The whirling whimpus is a large beast, it is said that some of these creatures are seven feet tall. The details of the appearance of the whirling whimpus are oft debated. Some legends state the creature only has one foot upon which it twirls, other stories say...

#10 NM BioPark Favorite Amphibians -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 25 SBD

As members of the New Mexico Biopark Society, we frequent our local aquarium, botanical garden, and zoo very often. We became members to support a local organization that promotes respect of and responsibility to nature, which we are trying to instill in our son at a young age. Also the Biopark offers endless entertainment for our whole family, and is a truly beautiful place in our city. Of the many exhibits that make up the lovely Biopark, one of my all time favorites is the amphibian ex...

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