Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes

In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least 1475 SBD and 11899 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 Miscellanies around the 4 Heaven Kings Gate of Whaeomsa Temple -- by @slowwalker with a current reward of 51 SBD

The reason why they changed the order of the gates was uncertain, but in my guess there must be clear purpose in changing ordinary arrangement. Usually we change the order to emphasis something in verse. World is the text, so we need to interpret unusual situation and phenomenon to understand world. After looking back from Geumgangmun gate, I moved forward to the 4 Heaven Kings Gate. In this case of changing order of the gates in Whaeomsa temple, I thought it must be stress the later...

#2 Steemhunt Ideas for Ideahunt -- by @jayplayco with a current reward of 40 SBD

Hi, jayplayco here. As we know Steemhunt is planning to launch a Kickstarter like service on the top of the current Steemhunt community. A short overview of their vision can be found here. A point mentioned from project7 at steemfest was regarding NonFungible Tokens NFT combining it with a crowdfunding platform. I want to e deeper into this. As Steemhunt is already full of hunters looking the whole time for cool and new products, it would be an ideal place for brands and founders to ...

#3 Wo Hop restaurant undeserved hype in NYC -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 26 SBD

A NYC friend told me today about this restaurant in Chinatown that is a hidden treasure that has a waiting list every night and you cant get reservations so Thanksgiving might be our only chance to try it etc.... I was really excited for this very special insiders tip that unfortunately just ended up being pretty crap. My friend was correct about it being a bit off the beaten track. It is in the basement of another unrelated shop and if I had simply been walking down the street I woul...

#4 Black Friday Steely Dan An American Scandal -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 26 SBD

With the Thanksgiving meal put away, and the dishes washed up, I see the TV commercials are all hopped up on the Black Friday KoolAid. Invariably, I start humming Steely Dan whenever i hear the phrase Black Friday is one of my favorite songs of theirs. But the song is not actually about early Christmas sales, a practice which was not really a thing in 1975 when the tune was released. The Friday referred to in the song occured in 1869, when speculators tried to game the gold market, and en...

#5 Minority Report film Its probably old enough people dont know about it -- by @gooddream with a current reward of 25 SBD

Tom Cruise is still one of the biggest stars alive today and likely will be for a long time. However, i feel as though a few of his really good movies didnt have as farreaching an audience as most of his inferior films of late have had. This being one of them. The story takes place after 2050 and Tom Cruise plays Chief John Anderton, a ranking member of the PreCrime unit in Washington D.C.. In the future the murder rate has been reduced to zero because of the fact that the police now...

#6 Thank You -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 25 SBD

Happy Thanksgiving! altThanksgiving, Fall, Pumpkin, Flowers, Fall Colors We are grateful for our son, the ease of each day, the beauty we are able to seek and enjoy. The cherished moments we get to share with our family, especially on joyous occasions and holidays like today. We are grateful for each laugh that escapes our mouths, each smile that paints our lips. Both of which, we are thankful, come so frequently. And we are so grateful for Steemit! A little slice of the internet wher...

#7 Celebrate with Mimosas -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 24 SBD

Looking for a great celebratory drink that works in the morning or the evening? How about a drink with citrus and champagne? Mimosas, the classic brunch drink should be in everyones drink making repertoire. And with two ingredients, there is no reason you cant make yourself a mimosa. For each mimosa, you will need 8 ounces of champagne. I used a pink champagne in this rendition to add a splash of contrasting color. You will also need 6 ounces of orange juice. Pour first the orange juice in...

#8 Fearsome Critters Goofus Bird -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 24 SBD

What sets the fearsome creature, the goofus bird, apart from other birds, is that this folkloric figure flies backwards. It is said that the goofus bird flies tail first, with no care for where its going. The goofus bird is known by a few other monikers, such as the flufly bird and the fillamaloo bird. In addition to flying backwards, the goofus bird is also said to build its nest upside down. In stories this oddball bird is said to have the head of a turkey, a long green neck, and two wing...

#9 The Best Savory Vegetarian Stuffing -- by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 23 SBD

Who knew a side dish could be such a isive thing? People have very strong opinions about this Thanksgiving classic, so you can add stuffing ingredients and preparation to the myriad other things people argue with their families about on holidays. This recipe however is a crowdpleaser, whoever may be indulging. The bright, fresh herbs and the sweet caramelized onions, and of course the savory, flavorful bread all make for an absolutely fantastic stuffing, that will make everyone from carniv...

#10 FascistBook Censorship Continues Jeff Berwick Banned From FBIBook -- by @dollarvigilante with a current reward of 22 SBD

Weve been covering all the antiestablishment, profreedom, truth and alternative media censorship at FascistBook, especially since last month when a Purged Hundreds of Alternative Media Pages. Nearly every good person I know has, at some point, been suspended from Facebook, which left me wondering how I managed to slip through their authoritarian, Big Brother, 1984 style purge. I even posted to Instagram Facebooks slutty sister on October 13th with the following caption, hmmm, they still...

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