Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 4289 SBD and 19344 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 The Scenery around the Port of the West Sea, Korea -- by @slowwalker with a current reward of 65 SBD

I stopped by a not well known port of the West sea at 3 hours distance from Seoul. On the way to that port, I dropped by the good looking pine tree by the road. It was really nice. One of my colleagues told me that this pine tree was very famous among the photographers. The reason I decided to visit this small fishing port is I saw a photo of small island of this island. It looked so romantic. So Id like to take the photos of the small island and the bridge. The bridge was so intere...

#2 27 Waterfalls excursion in Dominican Republic might be the coolest thing ive ever done -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 47 SBD

Have you ever wanted to jump off a waterfall? How about 10 in a row? Well this trip has that beat as you have the chance to jump off of or slide down 27 waterfalls in a row. It is located near the north shore of Dominican Republic kind of close to a city called Puerta Plata. Dont worry, it is not difficult to find, I didnt have a data connection and I cant read speak Spanish and I found it no problemo. IT will likely take you an hour or so to drive or you could just make it easier...

#3 The Wedding Singer film one of the better Sandler Barrymore love stories -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 46 SBD

You may recall that I routinely say that Adam Sandler movies are criticised to the moon and back for being unoriginal and he cries all the way to the bank because every single one of his bad films make tens of millions of dollars? Well this is another one of those situations because him and Drew have made essentially the same movie 4 times. As per the usual, Adam Sandler plays a nice guy who everyone seems to like and basically is a virtuous dude who is successful at something that wou...

#4 Oxalis Triangularis -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 45 SBD

I am a big fan of houseplants. Most of my plants are bright green beauties, but some of them are less common colors. One of those rare nongreen houseplants that I love is our oxalis. This plant is sometimes known as false shamrock for its resemblance to clover plants. altFileDreieckiger Glcksklee Oxalis triangularis 19067830888.jpg image via wikimedia commons While growing wild in a yard, many people see these plants as a weed because they are so prolific. But this is one of the reasons...

#5 Actifit Daily Fitbit Integration Almost Ready! Increased Post Upvote Wait Time. Top Daily Actifitters -- by @actifit with a current reward of 45 SBD

This update represents a compilation of the recent news, updates and projections about our Actifit project, including top actifitters for the preceding voting cycle, as well as updates on our account and delegations ! Wearable integration with Actifit has been a key request by many members of our wonderful community. Among those wearables, Fitbit has been a key focus of ours due to the leading position this wearable has in terms of market size. In 2017, recorded numbers are at 25.37 Millio...

#6 Lepus antilocapra The Fearsome Jackalope -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 43 SBD

If you live in North America, you are probably already familiar with the mythological creature called the jackalope. Jackalope is a portmanteau of the words jackrabbit and antelope, as the jackalope is allegedly a hybrid of a hair and pronghorn antelope. Many skillful taxidermist have propagated the myth of the Jackalope by grafting deer antlers onto the remains of hares. The original jackalope hoax trophy occured in the 1930s in Wyoming. While the jackrabbit is known throughout most of No...

#7 What Im Reading Right Now -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 42 SBD

This week I am only juggling two reads, and they are both marvelous! So if you are looking for something to read, I have a couple suggestions The Collector of Hearts New Tales of the Grotesque by Joyce Carol Oates I have always found this author to be immensely creative, and while I love her poetry and havent tried my hand at one of her novels, her short stories are among some of my favorites. These ones in particular are short stories that fill you with the good kind of melancholy, a d...

#8 Frontier -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 40 SBD

This show is a gritty historical drama, that is centered around the fur trade in 1700s North America, and produced by Netflix and Discovery Canada. The third season is set to come out later this month, but I have had trouble finding time to watch it without my 2 year old around, so I am just catching the first episode. The show is pretty violent, opening up with the antihero Delcan, a ruthless independant fur trader played by Jason Momoa, brutally murdering some BritishCompany troops he has ...

#9 Slider on the homepage Fundition -- by @see-it-feel-it with a current reward of 36 SBD

width1700 height956 Today we have designed and uploaded a slider on the homepage linking to the courses about placing the project on Fundition.io and ways to support fund raising to achieve the goal. After clicking on the banner, the user will be redirected to the free courses section with the Fundition tag. width1585 height668 So now we have already three sliders on our homepage width1582 height671 width1585 height680 width1585 height668 The goal of the MySteem Project is promo...

#10 National Economic Seminar At Malikussaleh University, Indonesia VIDEO -- by @oracle-d with a current reward of 34 SBD

Welcome to the 33rd update of OracleD Campaign powered by Fundition A Decentralized Crowdfunding Platform on STEEM Blockchain. This blog will showcase the video documentation of National Blockchain Seminar given by OracleD At Malikussaleh University, Indonesia. We have already shared the picture gallery from the event and subsequent meetup with local Steemians. a Source National Economic Seminar At Malikussaleh University, Indonesia Please checkout the video to see a glimpse of the...

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