Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 11536 SBD and 1319 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 Curie Author Showcase June 19th, 2018 -- by @curie with a current reward of 144 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 ...

#2 A Tribute to the Porcelain God -- by @mayushi with a current reward of 92 SBD

Toilets, a disgusting part of our daily lives. If theyre not, you should probably eat more fiber and stay hydrated. Seat up or down? This debate has been going on since time immemorial. As long as man has lived with woman, or vice versa, the argument over leaving the seat up has been a heated discussion in many households. Of course, the actual solution is to put the seat and the lid down, so every party must position the seat to their needs. Also, the inside of even the cleanest toilet...

#3 Coco Beads homemade dog collars and jewelry -- by @ourdailyboard with a current reward of 91 SBD

My friend Sabrina makes jewelry for pets and people. She is able to support herself and her four dogs and live in the Caribbean doing this. I am very impressed and admittedly jealous. Sabrina Her company is called Coco Beads, named after her dog Coco who has since passed away but was the inspiration for her to pursue her dreams of owning her own fashion jewelry company and living independently in the Caribbean. Coco beads is located in the Dominican Republic and Sabrina does a lo...

#4 Board Games An Often Forgotten Pastime -- by @mayushi with a current reward of 90 SBD

As our lives become more and more consumed with technology and the technology itself becomes smaller and more conveniently carried, many of our old forms of entertainment have fallen by the wayside due to the perception of being clunky and cumbersome. While I am all for progress and am in no way a luddite, I do think the rapid pace of progress in the 21st Century tends to leave some unnecessary casualties behind its wake. Among these potential casualties is the old fashioned board game. Wh...

#5 Sexy sunglasses that provide good eye protection -- by @ourdailyboard with a current reward of 90 SBD

Extended exposure to the suns UV rays has been linked to eye damage such at cataracts and macular degeneration. If you are a mermaid like me then your exposure to UV radiation is greatly increased considering the amount of time you spend outside in the sun and that the UV radiation exposure increases significantly when reflected from sandy and watery surfaces. Be smart, and proactive and prevent damage to your eyes by always wearing sunglasses and a hat when outside. And its all good, b...

#6 The Definitive Guide to New Mexican Day Trips -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 89 SBD

Whether you are passing through or a New Mexico local itching to explore, the Land of Enchantment offers no shortages of adventure and beauty. Photo via a Free Photos Rio Grande Gorge The Rio Grande Gorge Bridge is a steel bridge that spans the Rio Grande 10 miles northwest of Taos. At 565 feet high, it is the seventh highest bridge in the United States. The enormous chasm in the desert floor is a sight to behold, and you are sure to get a surge of adrenaline as you look over the edge of...

#7 3 Steps For ANYONE to Start Homeschooling Even if You Think You Cant -- by @homestead-guru with a current reward of 61 SBD

Do you wish you could homeschool your kids? Well, good newsyou CAN! I cant tell you how many times Ive heard the phrase If I didnt xyz, I would homeschool.Do people picture home education as kids sitting at a desk for 7 hours and needing to parents needing to come up with a curriculum plan? What if I told you its as easy as a targetblank relnoopenerfollowing your childs interests, learning together, and using simple tools that create a learning environment throughout your day. That is ...

#8 Lets Make the EOS Constitution an Actual Contract -- by @lukestokes with a current reward of 58 SBD

a One of the things many of us love most about EOS is the promise of onchain governance. Every smart contract on the EOS blockchain is connected to a Ricardian Contract according to the EOS Smart Contract wiki According to wikipedia br If youre using the EOS blockchain, you should be familiar with a EOS Constitution This Constitution is a multiparty contract entered into by the Members by virtue of their use of this blockchain. Members shall not initiate violence or the threat ...

#9 EXCLUSIVE DTUBE VIDEO 132 What happens when Facebook launches its own Cryptocurrency? -- by @tanbay with a current reward of 57 SBD

a What do you think will happen when Facebook will launch their own Cryptocurrency? I see two possible scenarios and Im discussing them with you in todays exclusive DTube video! Feel free to let me know your thoughts in the comments below! If youre new to my DTube channel check out my introduction video with 24 interesting facts about me here My fianc lauracody and myself are Travel Bloggers, Instagrammers and YouTubers known as Travelling Weasels. Music credit Special thanks to myndn...

#10 Introduction to Cryptography I Encryption Salsa20 Stream Cipher -- by @lemony-cricket with a current reward of 56 SBD

Hello there! lemonycricket here. a week in Encryption Pt. 2, we learned what stream ciphers were. This time, were going to take a closer look at a specific algorithm called Salsa20 in order to understand how the keystream is generated from the key. hr Rocket graphic extracted from a titleThis link will take you away from steemit.com relnoopenerthis CC0 image from a titleThis link will take you away from steemit.com relnoopenerOpenClipartVectors on Pixabay. hr Unfortunately, parti...

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