## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **3 SBD and 263 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](https://steemit.com/steemit/@trufflepig/daily-truffle-picks-2019-10-21), 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** [Traditional Korean religion and Buddhism In Bongeunsa Temple](https://steemit.com/@slowwalker/traditional-korean-religion-and-buddhism-in-bongeunsa-temple)  --  **by @slowwalker with a current reward of 46 SBD**
    
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>Korean traditional Buddhism is mixed with various religions. When Buddhism was accepted in Korea, traditional shamanism was absorbed. After that, Korean Buddhism was strongly influenced by Chinese Taoism. The Big Dipper, which was considered important in Taoism, was also crucial in traditional shamanism in Korea. The meaning of the Big Dipper in Korean shamanism is not recorded enough. However, the Big Dipper were often drawn on the dolmens made during the Bronze Age of Korea Bukgeugboj...

**#2** [Dancing With The Stars](https://steemit.com/@dobartim/dancing-with-the-stars)  --  **by @dobartim with a current reward of 11 SBD**
    
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> It is all down to us when we bring thoughts, words and deeds together and we make bridges to the next successes that await us on the basis of ambition. Stand up with the winning dreams and the emotion of love that always wins, open your mind to championship moves and keep looking for the best part of you. The gods have given you the destiny of happiness through moments of inspiration you feel the winds of blessing that lift you to the pedestal of enthusiasm, reality passes through power...

**#3** [Caribvibetv Special on Negril, Jamaica](https://steemit.com/@donald.porter/y00pipf41wd)  --  **by @donald.porter with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
>a A friend of mine, Misti Memphis assisted the Caribvibetv team in making this video. I believe its beingbeen aired in Canada this week. Ive posted the airtimes copy paste from her below. Negril owes a huge thanks to Misti and the Capital Of Casual group she founded. Capital Of Casual They did a great job highlighting some of Negrils small business, restaurants and attractions. Enjoy! Jah Bless OneLove OneSteem CAN Viewing Times SAT 1730p SUN 0930a FRI 0830a OMNI BCPacific SUN 09...

**#4** [Antifa protesters EXPOSED as absolute cowards](https://steemit.com/@ozraeliavi/qugmjfbv)  --  **by @ozraeliavi with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
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> Watch on 3Speak Over the past couple of months, Ive covered most rallies in Melbourne for TR news and have noticed a few things about Antifa here.httpswww.tr.newsantifaprotesters Antifa in Melbourne are a tiny group of extremists who attend every rally, no matter the issue. No one can possibly be passionate enough to hit the streets about such broad topics as Hong Kong, Socialism, Abortion, Veganism and Climate Change. Theyre being paid to protest. Antifa are total cowards. Fi...

**#5** [WeWrite 11 Home Alone](https://steemit.com/@vida-blanca/we-write-11-home-alone)  --  **by @vida-blanca with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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>  Thanks to zeldacroft and freewritehouse for the opportunity to express us. An inky air crept through the twilight hours, and now pressed against the windows of the house. Inside, Nathan aimlessly flipped through the TV channels, the living room calmly lit. He was getting impatient. A thump, thump down the stairs made him jump, but he managed to keep his composure. His mom hurried into the room. Her oversized coat and mittens signaled she was ready for the autumn chill outsid...

**#6** [HOW I GOT MOTIVATION TO WRITE ](https://steemit.com/@penauthor/how-i-got-motivation-to-write)  --  **by @penauthor with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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**#7** [12 Alma Restaurant in Lisbon, Portugal](https://steemit.com/@pokerbjj/12-alma-restaurant-in-lisbon-portugal)  --  **by @pokerbjj with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> Please ask the world to stop for a moment when you arrive at Alma Restaurant. Because it will surely be one of those dining experiences that will be so wonderful in your memory for a long, long time. It all starts with a closed door in a street of the famous Chiado district in central Lisbon, Portugal. Usually only those with reservations can enter. So with that air of mystery you arrive, you ring a bell and you are greeted by a restaurant employee who escorts you to the table. The de...

**#8** [How to Compete with the Dollar VIDEO](https://steemit.com/@dollarvigilante/how-to-compete-with-the-dollar-video)  --  **by @dollarvigilante with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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> An Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg As news broke about the beginning of the end for a Bucks, I couldnt help but be amused. With Paypal, Mastercard, Stripe, Ebay, and other major partners backing out, this has effectively killed the Libra Foundation at least any momentum it may have gained. This makes me wonder, do these posers even know what theyre getting into?  If you want to compete with the central banking cartels monopoly on money, youre going to face serious a I...

**#9** [A Show of Hands....?](https://steemit.com/@artemislives/a-show-of-hands)  --  **by @artemislives with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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>A show of hands if youve ever had this ethical dilemma? Image by a classsteemkeychaincheckedNiek Verlaan from a classsteemkeychaincheckedPixabay Youre entering a hospital, in a bit of a hurry and you are confronted with a hand sanitizer dispenser at the doorway. Do you use it? It happened to me the other day, on my way to an administrative business appointment at one of Chiang Mais leading hospitals. I was NOT going to be making any patient contact, nor going into patient areas. I ha...

**#10** [And... they are fermenting! Super hot chili peppers.](https://steemit.com/@mdosev/and-they-are-fermenting-super-hot-chili-peppers-ybfg4zyk)  --  **by @mdosev with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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> I am very happy, that I have prepared my super hot chili sauce and it is already fermenting... I put about 6065 of my crop there and the rest of the peppers will be most likely dried. While fermenting the peppers is one of the best ways to preserve them without becoming bad, you will most likely lose habaneros and scorpions powerful fruity and flowery aromas. Yet, you will conserve almost all the spiciness of the peppers. Dehydration on the other side will preserve their aroma in a g...



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