I'm in steem more than 2 years and half. Also have experience in that. I just wasn't in trending because I wans't using upvote bots and never circled as some. My effort is clear and you can see everything in the blockchain.

You can for example look for ''clixmoney'' in : https://search.esteem.app/

You will find my effort even 2 years ago. My talk is not cheap because I have evidence.