Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 1704 SBD and 17824 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 Steem Account Claims Analysis -- by @abh12345 with a current reward of 61 SBD

Introduction Scope An overview in numbers Largest Claimed Accounts holders Nonclaimers Claimed Creation Conclusion Tools and Scripts Relevant Links and Resources source On the 25th September 2018, Hardfork 20 went live, and a part of this fork included fundamental changes in how new accounts get created source. Instead of burning STEEM to create an account, the fork provided the option to create a new account using a claimed or discounted account, where the fee is paid us...

#2 Escalator kisses -- by @smallsteps with a current reward of 23 SBD

You might have heard of Eskimo kisses, bunny kisses, butterfly kisses and of course, Hersheys kisses but how about escalator kisses? No? Daddy and I kiss like this all of the time at the shops. Here take a look at these shots taken by Mummy classpullleft classpullright ; classpullleft classpullright ; classpullleft classpullright The process is pretty simple. I sit in the trolley and while we go up or down the escalator, Daddy and I have to squeeze as many kisses in during the trip ...

#3 10 year challenge and my issues with ageing -- by @evecab with a current reward of 23 SBD

Many of you may be familiar with the hashtag 10yearchallenge which has gone viral on Instagram and Facebook, and which consists in putting 2 photos side by side. One from 10 years ago, and one 10 years later. This challenge has no other purpose than showing how much or how little weve changed in 10 years, and like many others I got sucked into it, although it steers up mixed feelings for me. While looking for a 10 year old picture mine on the left is actually 12 years old from 2007 made ...

#4 Best Soup Making Tips and Tricks -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 22 SBD

When I was making this yummy cheesy potato soup the other day, I was so grateful that all of the ingredients blended well together to make a flavorful, easy soup. But thats not always the case. Sometimes, despite my best efforts, the flavor of a soup is pretty meh. Thankfully over the years, I have developed a few tricks that are sure to boost the flavor and create layers of unexpected flavor in every soup. So if youre looking to make your soups superlative, here are a few tricks for you ...

#5 Our Information, Our New Economy Interview with the Everipedia Team -- by @creativecrypto with a current reward of 22 SBD

httpsi0.wp.comthecreativecrypto.comwpcontentuploads201901everipediacreativecrypto.png?fit6402C320amp;ssl1 alt classwpimage5040 styleheight20px ariahiddentrue classwpblockspacer Information has great value. We know this from over two decades of social media dominance and the global use of massive repositories of online data. All of us feed g classgr gr8 gralert grgramm grinlinecards grrunanim Grammar onlydel replaceWithoutSep id8 datagrid8an industry of info each and every time we post, shar...

#6 Something amazing happened for Star Wars fans -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 22 SBD

Many of you might already be aware of this but I consider myself a Star Wars nut and I had no idea about it so perhaps many of you havent either. source Basically, a very large group of superfans led by Danny Ramirez and produced by Star Wars Theory made an excellent fan film featuring everyones favorite bad guy, Darth Vader. It has very high production value and was basically made simply because the guys involved love Star Wars, there was no grand notion of making a bunch of money fo...

#7 Hurricane Camille -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 22 SBD

Virginia doesnt often feel too much effect from hurricanes, especially in the mountains of far western Virginia. Usually a some strong winds and a hard rain, but generally nothing too scary. But Camille was truly devastating, especially in rural Nelson County. Im often surprised at how many people from Virginia dont know what Hurricane Camille did to Nelson. 40 inches of rain came down in eight hours! The National Weather Bureau called this the probable maximum rainfall which meteorologists ...

#8 Viva Restaurant krabi one of the oldest and best in town -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 21 SBD

This place has been open for 18 years. I realize that in the grand scheme of things that is not a terribly long time but as far as Krabi is concerned for Italian restaurants this is a very big deal. source This is the oldest Italian restaurant in Krabi and this is a fact for a very good reason. I have only been here 14 years but i have seen many Italian places come and go. Here is the way it works Restaurant opens up... does well, places open up nearby with the same menu trying to c...

#9 300 film awesome use of blue screen technology -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 20 SBD

I didnt know this when i first saw this epic adventure, but the story is based off of a comic book series that shares a name with it. This movie did exceptionally well at the box office pulling in pulling in over 450 million globally. source Starring Gerard Butler, who I didnt know much about prior to this movie and a bunch of other people that had to do 1000 situps a day for a year to prepare for the role dont look that stat up as it is not real. The film features a wonderful use of b...

#10 Easy Shortbread -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 20 SBD

If your sweet tooth strikes, but you dont want to put too much effort or ingredients into sating your craving, this easy shortbread is the recipe for you. The hardest part about making this shortbread is waiting for it to finish baking as the sweet smell engulfs you kitchen. Other than that, this simple, few ingredient treat comes together easily. Theres no better complement to a rainy day than a piece of shortbread or two! and a sweet cup of chai. Ingredients cup unsalted butter 1 ...

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