Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 13420 SBD and 1276 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 MinnowBooster Markdown Guide Basic Markdown Language Part 1 -- by @minnowbooster with a current reward of 175 SBD

Hey guys steembusiness here presenting the first part of our MinnowBooster Markdown Guide. It includes basic knowledge on how to style your Steem blog and it will hopefully be of great use to you on your way to becoming a popular and more successful blogger! Headings Headings are quite easily created, even in different sizes, which allow you to create several subsections in your posts. While the tag can only be used at the beginning of a line you may set the heading at any place usi...

#2 Steemblr development update 02 -- by @snwolak with a current reward of 106 SBD

Steemblr is open source microblogging platform written in javascript. It allows user to post and explore content which is smaller than a traditional blog. You can check developer version here This feature shows how long ago post was created. It was implemented by using FormattedRelative component from reactintl dependecy. The main problem I encountered was that the component needs Z at the end of the date to detect UTC time. FormattedRelative ...this.props valuethis.props.post.c...

#3 My work on the SteemCleaners API REST overhaul -- by @lemony-cricket with a current reward of 105 SBD

Hello! I am lemonycricket, and this is my first Utopian contribution! I did some work on the SteemCleaners API originally developed by howo. I added a big new feature REST API and also made some small fixes. taken from GitHub repository; licence MIT link to merged pull request The main new feature is the REST API implementation. The inaugural form of the SteemCleaners API used a single endpoint to process JSONformatted requests. One of the contributions requested by the maintaine...

#4 Carrying Capacity and Birth Control -- by @gentleshaid with a current reward of 93 SBD

Reproduction is perhaps one of the most important life processes that ensure continuity of life. Imagine if all the humans presently on earth decides to stop reproducing starting from today, very few or no humans would remain on the planet; lets say in a hundred years to come. Such is the indispensability of the process. Hence, it usually amazes me when folks say they do not have any plan to have kids throughout their lives. Much as I respect their decisions as a layman, I see it as an ...

#5 Fathers Day Traditions Around the World -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 90 SBD

While the official holiday of Fathers Day may be an American tradition, honoring the men who raise us is worldwide. Heres how fathers are celebrated in five other countries Germany Fathers Day in Germany is called Vatertag and as a public holiday, the entire workforce is granted a day off. It is sometimes referred to as Mannerstag or Herrentag Mens Day or Gentlemens Day, celebrated by all men, not just fathers. This holiday typically takes place on the 40th day of Easter, Ascension Day. L...

#6 DopeRaiders looks promising and a Unique Giveaway -- by @brittuf with a current reward of 66 SBD

Sorry Ive been a bit quiet lately. This price depression has me busy trying to scrape up money here and there. There is an upcoming game on the radar that I managed to get a good price on. DopeRaiders looks to put a unique spin on drug economy games. Basically, your DopeRaider will be able to produce product based on their stats and other gameplay mechanics. More Info . The Presale is active, I picked up my Narco for .05 ETH, if yo keep you eye on the market you can probably get a Dope...

#7 EXCLUSIVE DTUBE VIDEO 131 Photographers deserve more attention on Steemit! -- by @tanbay with a current reward of 63 SBD

a I feel like Photographers deserve more attention on here sometimes so I thought Id make a video about it! Here is the photographer I mention in my video check out her photos and follow her if you like them! 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 myndnow for providing amazing backg...

#8 Celebrating a Year Minnow Support Program and application for Minnow Support Witness Vote -- by @paulag with a current reward of 60 SBD

I remember a year ago when I was new on Steemit, I was looking for communities to join. ;One of the first communities I found was the MinnowSupport Program on Discord. When I found it, it was new, but it had a big mission. I must have been in the first 100 members. There was no other community out there for new Steemit users with the sole purpose of helping them grow and develop their Steemit account. ;It was Minnow Support that help me kick off my account. Now 12 months later, minnowsuppor...

#9 How to Learn to Code THE INTERMEDIATE STAGE 2018 -- by @bradmitchell with a current reward of 55 SBD

a Learning to code can be fun and easy starting out, then hitting that intermediate stage turns it into a world of difficulty and annoyance. In the video above I go into topics that you can look into, once youve finished those beginner courses. Below Ive even added some direct resources you can use. Follow your interests. Theres an endless amount of practice resources on the internet, youll just have to dig through to see what you like best. Reddit Daily Programmer HackerRank Githu...

#10 Painting Inspiration Photography by tarazkp -- by @stuffing with a current reward of 54 SBD

a classpullleft This photograph taken by tarazkp immediately snapped my attention and is one of my favourite photos Ive seen of his work. I was immediately drawn by the obscure angle of the shot which places his cute pooch, Viski in the foreground who is framed magnificently by towering blue jeans. The shimmering surface in the background reflects the suns lush rays as the day beings to settle down in to the night. I can see he had to get down on the ground to take this shot which r...

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