Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 46 SBD and 745 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 VOTE now for APPICS as the best dApp in the blockchain awards on Uptrennd -- by @sirwinchester with a current reward of 22 SBD

Dear APPICS Family! Uptrennd, a blockchainbased blogging site where you get rewards for sharing content, is currently holding the global blockchain awards and APPICS is nominated in the category best dApp. Vote for APPICS and lets show them how strong active our global APPICS family is At the Moment, APPICS is on a close 2nd place with just a few difference to the 1st place! Come on guys, VOTE we can do this Thank you to everyone who voted already. In union there is strength and ...

#2 The store of my bitter experience -- by @sumon-daily with a current reward of 16 SBD

At that time, in order to increase the store of my bitter experience in the Himalayas, a huge storm came with the sky darkening, along with the hailstorm. Everyone was shocked by the suddenness of this unexpected event. Not long after, we crossed the Gadsa Pass and descended the cliff, at an altitude of about 4,000 meters. As the amount of rain increased, everyone quickly put on a trip mat, but as the size of the rain increased, all the open areas of the hands, feet and mouth began t...

#3 Travel Bucketlist item 2 MUZHAPPILANGAD Beach -- by @rudeo with a current reward of 16 SBD

Muzhappilangad beach in Kannur, Kerala is the longest drive in beach in Asia and the only one in Kerala. Drive or bike along the 4 km pristine stretch of sandy land. The sight of blue waves hitting the black rocks and clusters of green trees on the other side makes for an appealing visual experience. The sunset too brings in its own charm. Around 7 km from Thalassery railway station, you can try your hand at the various adventure and water sports available here. Also, dig into the famous Ma...

#4 Love mountains adventure and the clock -- by @rudeo with a current reward of 15 SBD

Maybe our definition of love is wrong. Maybe we compare it too much, to be an emotion, a feeling, a mere state of heart. Maybe thats not what love is. Maybe its a journey, similar to walking amidst the mountains, holding your jacket close while the winds of solitude penetrate it. While you measure the profound silence around you, and the coo of a bird wakes you up. Maybe you are looking in the wrong direction, trying to gauge things with a compass. Maybe you need to get lost to be found. M...

#5 A glimpse to Incredible India -- by @mxt with a current reward of 15 SBD

Incredible India...Yes.India is truely incrediblea vast land with erse landforms, from Himalayas in the North running from West to East to Oceans surrounding the land from three sides, interspersed by Great Rivers to Rivulets in the north and south, in the middle,east and west.One of the oldest mountain ranges known as Aravalis. It has Vindhyachal and Satpura ranges in the middle, Garo Khasi hills in the NorthEast. The Eastern and Western Ghats in the South.The Coniforous to Evergreen Fores...

#6 Krita Gengar -- by @acidyo with a current reward of 15 SBD

Making my way into testing coloring, boy was I not prepared for the time this would take. Im pretty sure the way I did it is not the right way but oh well, was already recording so decided to leave the research for a better method for later. So much time went into picking pixels from one color into another color, in the end I think it wouldve been way easier if the drawing didnt have one of those dark outlines that anime characters usually have. Honestly it was kind of a pain, I thought Id g...

#7 Crusader of Centy on Genesis Did you play it? -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 13 SBD

This game was largely ignored for a very good reason when it was released in 1995 on Sega Genesis The world had already moved on to the Sony Playstation and to a much lessor degree the Sega Saturn as well. Cartridgebased home consoles already seemed like things of the past and it was a rather strange decision to release this game at all if it was only going to be for a system that was being phased out. source I did not own this game nor did I know anyone who did. I actually didnt even...

#8 CORONAVIRUS SECOND WAVE WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW -- by @lukewearechange with a current reward of 13 SBD

Which should you prioritize? Not getting the virus or protecting your liberty? In this extremely important 2nd part of my interview with pathologist Chris Martenson of Peak Prosperity Chris explains why you really dont want to get virus, including what parts of your body it may do damage to And how it likely is a bioweapon that came out of a lab. But Chris also explains how to responsibly defend your freedom and protest the government. He also reveals why the World Health Organization...

#9 Acid Draws Hive Beedrill -- by @acidyo with a current reward of 11 SBD

Well not much to be said about this one that the video sped up doesnt, still confused about layers and why some times they dont do what I want them to and on top of that the fill function seems to not obey me the deeper into the work I am and just goes out of control in weird ways. Im enjoying dabbling more with switching colors to lighter tones for the shadowlighting effects though and this one was good practice as it had a lot more layers for the shadowslighting than the Gengar one I did a...

#10 Modern Contemporary house 3d visualization project -- by @artdescry with a current reward of 7 SBD

As I go through my design process, Im starting to realize the other possibilities of the specific design. And thats the beauty of it, the design can evolve over the course of the process. At some point, a design has to pivot and be presented in the opposite approach. Yesterday, I made a version of a modern house that can be built in a smaller building footprint. The lack of space can be compensated through a vertical expansion which means an increase in floor levels. Its a good approach how...

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