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**The list below represents the 25  largest transfers to bid-bots for the promotion of articles posted on Steemit during the last 7 days.**

Due to formatting restrictions, only the first few columns can be displayed.  Please download the full spreadsheet if you would like the full report.

#### What is this report?
Many authors choose to promote their posts' via [Bid-Bots](https://steembottracker.com/#free).  In return for direct payment, the bots will upvote your article.  This service is fully legal on Steemit and used by minnows and whales alike.

**There are many reasons an author may want to purchase votes.**  

* 1 Give the impression that the article is of substantial value  and perhaps you should think so too.
* 2 Cause the article to make it to the "Hot" or "Trending" category where it gets more exposure and more votes.
* 3 Cause the payout to increase so that anyone that votes on the post will share in a higher awards pool.
* 4 Attempt to make a direct profit on the vote, by receiving a vote that nets more than the cost of the bid.
* 5 Increase the authors reputation by receiving votes from large and respected voters (large bots).
* 6 Support another author or entity indirectly through a Bid-bot.



**The list is sorted with the highest amounts paid to the Bid-bots on top in descending order.**
The full amount of the payout, votes and replies are in the [excel spreadsheet](https://colemanair.us/shared/Bid-bot-ActivityReport-021218.xls).


* From = The user who sent the payment to the bot.
* To = The bot that has been paid to vote.
* Amount = The amount sent to the bot.
* Total Payout = The amount of $SBD/Steem that will be paid out from the rewards pool to the author and curators.
* Link is the direct link to the article that has been promoted via the bid bot.



Date	|	From	|To|Amount	|Total Payout	|Link	|Category	|Replies	|Votes	|x
--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--|--
02/05/18 10:25 AM	|	ddangerwu	|	upme	|	$150.00	|	$101.23	|	https://steemit.com/steemit/@ddangerwu/latest-statistics-of-steemit-com-according-to-alexa-rankings	|	steemit	|	58	|	120	|
02/08/18 1:32 AM	|	fyrstikken	|	booster	|	$123.16	|	$402.35	|	https://steemit.com/malaysia/@fyrstikken/norwegian-scammer-hiding-in-malaysia-we-need-your-help-to-find-him-international-fugitive-with-expired-visa-in-malaysia	|	malaysia	|	119	|	583	|
02/08/18 1:33 AM	|	golosclassic	|	booster	|	$106.54	|	$402.35	|	https://steemit.com/malaysia/@fyrstikken/norwegian-scammer-hiding-in-malaysia-we-need-your-help-to-find-him-international-fugitive-with-expired-visa-in-malaysia	|	malaysia	|	119	|	583	|
02/07/18 2:04 AM	|	richardcrill	|	booster	|	$101.00	|	$126.08	|	https://steemit.com/community/@richardcrill/update-on-the-steem-experience-decentralized-discord-server	|	community	|	27	|	48	|
02/05/18 10:26 AM	|	ddangerwu	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$101.23	|	https://steemit.com/steemit/@ddangerwu/latest-statistics-of-steemit-com-according-to-alexa-rankings	|	steemit	|	58	|	120	|
02/06/18 10:34 AM	|	ddangerwu	|	buildawhale	|	$100.00	|	$424.17	|	https://steemit.com/steem/@ddangerwu/3-things-you-can-do-to-help-steem-on-binance-now-get-10-sbd-if-you-help-out	|	steem	|	260	|	681	|
02/06/18 9:03 PM	|	postpromoter	|	postpromoter	|	$100.00	|	$721.25	|	https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@yabapmatt/introducing-sc2-pay-a-steemconnect-add-on-for-seamless-steem-sbd-payments	|	utopian-io	|	123	|	745	|
02/07/18 1:22 PM	|	fbslo	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$619.59	|	https://steemit.com/witness-category/@fbslo/new-steem-witness-fbslo-my-witness-thread	|	witness-category	|	336	|	1330	|
02/07/18 11:37 PM	|	flauwy	|	buildawhale	|	$100.00	|	$972.48	|	https://steemit.com/1up/@utopian-1up/utopian-1up-a-sophisticated-curation-trail-for-utopian-io-version-1-0	|	1up	|	273	|	1984	|
02/08/18 12:51 AM	|	janusface	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$447.72	|	https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@janusface/how-do-15-000-gold-coins-looks-like	|	steemsilvergold	|	130	|	452	|
02/08/18 4:32 PM	|	followbtcnews	|	buildawhale	|	$100.00	|	$1,062.67	|	https://steemit.com/steemit-chat/@followbtcnews/don-t-panic-steemit-chat-is-up-and-running-here-are-all-the-official-details	|	steemit-chat	|	591	|	2274	|
02/08/18 4:33 PM	|	followbtcnews	|	postpromoter	|	$100.00	|	$1,062.67	|	https://steemit.com/steemit-chat/@followbtcnews/don-t-panic-steemit-chat-is-up-and-running-here-are-all-the-official-details	|	steemit-chat	|	591	|	2274	|
02/10/18 12:15 AM	|	aggroed	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$557.47	|	https://steemit.com/steem/@aggroed/one-hell-of-a-show-for-you-tomorrow-sounds-of-steem-live-steem-musicians-on-msp-waves	|	steem	|	168	|	999	|
02/10/18 7:01 AM	|	aggroed	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$351.01	|	https://steemit.com/music/@aggroed/sounds-of-steem-a-live-music-concert-this-saturday-at-11am-est-1600-utc	|	music	|	37	|	290	|
02/10/18 1:47 PM	|	purepinay	|	booster	|	$100.00	|	$488.00	|	https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@purepinay/help-steemgigs-help-the-community	|	steemgigs	|	535	|	1338	|
02/10/18 2:32 PM	|	purepinay	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$488.00	|	https://steemit.com/steemgigs/@purepinay/help-steemgigs-help-the-community	|	steemgigs	|	535	|	1338	|
02/10/18 3:56 PM	|	zombee	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$454.54	|	https://steemit.com/steem/@zombee/how-to-stop-almost-all-abuse-on-steem	|	steem	|	610	|	1362	|
02/11/18 5:37 PM	|	msteemian	|	upme	|	$100.00	|	$513.93	|	https://steemit.com/life/@msteemian/the-bitcoin-update	|	life	|	218	|	910	|
02/11/18 5:23 PM	|	bittrex	|	postpromoter	|	$99.99	|	$633.93	|	https://steemit.com/scam/@baejin/update-on-your-favorite-reward-pool-rapist	|	scam	|	183	|	300	|
02/09/18 4:50 PM	|	mcassani	|	upme	|	$90.00	|	$224.08	|	https://steemit.com/jerrybanfield/@mcassani/back-to-life-my-own-unbelievable-experience-jerrybanfield-s-supernatural-writing-contest-swc	|	jerrybanfield	|	9	|	179	|
02/12/18 12:08 AM	|	brittuf	|	postpromoter	|	$90.00	|	$256.11	|	https://steemit.com/cryptokitties/@brittuf/i-m-back-to-givingaway-cryptokitties-sorry-for-the-break	|	cryptokitties	|	58	|	223	|
02/09/18 3:29 AM	|	verbal-d	|	upme	|	$86.14	|	$186.18	|	https://steemit.com/killthepad/@verbal-d/jamesgetsit-s-kill-the-pad-challenge-wk-1-stop-bullying-original-verse-poem	|	killthepad	|	10	|	49	|
02/10/18 12:16 AM	|	aggroed	|	buildawhale	|	$81.00	|	$557.47	|	https://steemit.com/steem/@aggroed/one-hell-of-a-show-for-you-tomorrow-sounds-of-steem-live-steem-musicians-on-msp-waves	|	steem	|	168	|	999	|
02/05/18 10:15 AM	|	ddangerwu	|	postpromoter	|	$80.00	|	$101.23	|	https://steemit.com/steemit/@ddangerwu/latest-statistics-of-steemit-com-according-to-alexa-rankings	|	steemit	|	58	|	120	|
02/06/18 10:25 AM	|	ddangerwu	|	postpromoter	|	$80.00	|	$424.17	|	https://steemit.com/steem/@ddangerwu/3-things-you-can-do-to-help-steem-on-binance-now-get-10-sbd-if-you-help-out	|	steem	|	260	|	681	|
02/11/18 8:31 PM	|	aggroed	|	postpromoter	|	$80.00	|	$398.93	|	https://steemit.com/music/@aggroed/sounds-of-steem-the-recording	|	music	|	82	|	480	|
02/10/18 11:37 AM	|	kiimo	|	booster	|	$79.96	|	$113.56	|	https://steemit.com/music/@kiimo/artist-trackoftheday-sean-price-prisoner-imperious-rex-posthumous-album-released-after-his-death-music-video-videos	|	music	|	7	|	288	|
02/06/18 12:28 AM	|	devfund	|	upme	|	$77.52	|	$1,731.22	|	https://steemit.com/steem/@fredrikaa/steempress-now-available-in-the-wordpress-org-plugin-store-introducing-v1-0	|	steem	|	771	|	3419	|
02/07/18 11:05 PM	|	flauwy	|	upme	|	$75.00	|	$972.48	|	https://steemit.com/1up/@utopian-1up/utopian-1up-a-sophisticated-curation-trail-for-utopian-io-version-1-0	|	1up	|	273	|	1984	|
02/10/18 7:41 AM	|	aggroed	|	postpromoter	|	$75.00	|	$268.57	|	https://steemit.com/crypto/@aggroed/coinbase-is-slow-and-it-s-killing-me	|	crypto	|	63	|	250	|
02/08/18 11:15 AM	|	mcassani	|	upme	|	$70.00	|	$130.94	|	https://steemit.com/sanvalentino/@mcassani/d-amor-virtute	|	sanvalentino	|	18	|	99	|
02/08/18 9:33 PM	|	cloudconnect	|	upme	|	$70.00	|	$112.73	|	https://steemit.com/crypto/@cloudconnect/usa-loves-crypto-bitcoin-bottom-in	|	crypto	|	11	|	39	|
02/11/18 5:27 PM	|	bittrex	|	upme	|	$69.99	|	$633.93	|	https://steemit.com/scam/@baejin/update-on-your-favorite-reward-pool-rapist	|	scam	|	183	|	300	|
02/08/18 5:49 AM	|	cloudconnect	|	buildawhale	|	$67.55	|	$118.87	|	https://steemit.com/cloudconnect/@cloudconnect/trade-at-your-own-risk-bitconnect-and-red-flags	|	cloudconnect	|	12	|	13	|
02/12/18 12:15 AM	|	puddles	|	boomerang	|	$64.01	|	$140.85	|	https://steemit.com/art/@puddles/art-a-social-construct	|	art	|	7	|	14	|
02/08/18 5:52 AM	|	cloudconnect	|	buildawhale	|	$61.00	|	$118.87	|	https://steemit.com/cloudconnect/@cloudconnect/trade-at-your-own-risk-bitconnect-and-red-flags	|	cloudconnect	|	12	|	13	|
02/11/18 1:18 AM	|	mcassani	|	upme	|	$60.46	|	$120.98	|	https://steemit.com/poetry/@mcassani/hope-speranza-eng-ita	|	poetry	|	25	|	188	|
02/11/18 1:37 AM	|	janusface	|	boomerang	|	$60.00	|	$387.31	|	https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@janusface/all-that-glitters-is-not-gold-it-could-be-a-ripe-fruit-too	|	steemsilvergold	|	101	|	304	|
02/11/18 1:57 AM	|	angeltirado	|	buildawhale	|	$60.00	|	$100.26	|	https://steemit.com/spanish/@angeltirado/nubes	|	spanish	|	47	|	91	|
02/12/18 4:38 AM	|	btcvenom	|	booster	|	$60.00	|	$451.52	|	https://steemit.com/paywithsteem/@paywithsteem/paywithsteem-we-are-officially-registered-as-paywithsteem-ltd	|	paywithsteem	|	50	|	238	|
02/12/18 11:03 AM	|	brittuf	|	postpromoter	|	$60.00	|	$119.98	|	https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@brittuf/rcn-ripio-its-time-to-buy-ripio-may-be-bouncing-off-the-floor	|	bitcoin	|	7	|	76	|
02/05/18 8:25 AM	|	joshruiz	|	buildawhale	|	$57.00	|	$145.51	|	https://steemit.com/siegnificance/@foxniner/memoirs-of-a-pma-cadet-the-story-of-siegnificance-chapter-2	|	siegnificance	|	8	|	58	|
02/10/18 8:42 PM	|	learnguitar	|	postpromoter	|	$56.82	|	$211.12	|	https://steemit.com/guitar/@learnguitar/learnguitar-celebrates-400-followers-and-600-sp	|	guitar	|	41	|	168	|
02/06/18 6:25 AM	|	smsulaiman	|	booster	|	$55.00	|	$201.17	|	https://steemit.com/tradefair/@smsulaiman/21sgcq	|	tradefair	|	15	|	303	|
02/06/18 8:49 AM	|	sadmankhan	|	booster	|	$55.00	|	$143.75	|	https://steemit.com/photography/@sadmankhan/trade-fair-in-dhaka	|	photography	|	4	|	291	|
02/06/18 11:30 AM	|	jannat	|	booster	|	$55.00	|	$159.91	|	https://steemit.com/photography/@jannat/some-birds-photography-of-mine	|	photography	|	7	|	284	|
02/06/18 1:22 PM	|	bittrex	|	booster	|	$55.00	|	$115.39	|	https://steemit.com/photography/@jannat/some-photography-of-mine	|	photography	|	0	|	277	|
02/09/18 7:52 PM	|	nippel66	|	booster	|	$50.13	|	$201.75	|	https://steemit.com/food/@nippel66/some-chicken-fajitas-to-dinner-today	|	food	|	10	|	293	|
02/05/18 1:02 AM	|	icedrum	|	buildawhale	|	$50.00	|	$91.64	|	https://steemit.com/life/@icedrum/bollinger-b1-fully-charged	|	life	|	35	|	56	|
02/05/18 3:39 AM	|	icedrum	|	appreciator	|	$50.00	|	$83.62	|	https://steemit.com/life/@icedrum/r-a-g-g-s-on-subtle-fm-two-hours-of-bass	|	life	|	22	|	53	|



https://colemanair.us/shared/Bid-bot-ActivityReport-021218.xls


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