## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **7 SBD and 329 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-2019-11-06), 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** [Progress On Web 3.0 Is Going Strong](https://steemit.com/@taskmaster4450/ouajsul669f)  --  **by @taskmaster4450 with a current reward of 13 SBD**
    
>a At times it is easy to miss the forest through the trees. We often get too close to those projects we are involved in. Thus, it is best to step back at times to get a better view of what is taking place. The AI world has a large percentage of developers who are believers in open source and decentralized. They are tying many of their projects into blockchain further pushing it forward. All this is coming together nicely. Of course, we must keep in mind that is it going to take a de...

**#2** [Old town of Koice](https://steemit.com/@plantfuljourney/old-town-of-kosice)  --  **by @plantfuljourney with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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>Koice is the capital city of a canton in Eastern Slovakia. I visit this charming place regularly. There is a big historical old town that is dominated by St. Elizabeth Cathedral. Its such an impressive building! I have also attended several masses there and the atmosphere is serene and tranquil. Its the largest church in Slovakia with a capacity of over 5000 people and believe me when I say that most of the time its completely full. Its amazing to be there between so many people who are co...

**#3** [I love going to beautiful places. More importantly, I love to visit places that ...](https://steemit.com/@adetorrent/appics-v1-appics-im-40077)  --  **by @adetorrent with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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>... make me feel good. Brecon Beacons National Park is such a place. I remember the feeling of freedom and peace I felt walking along the range of hills, sometimes without seeing another soul for miles. Brecon Beacons consists of a range of hills and is located in southern Wales. Its one of the three such amazing national parks in Wales and I highly recommend it for lovers of the great outdoors. Theres infinite hiking, camping and wildlife watching to mention a few. For me, I love bei...

**#4** [Nothing like crazy family](https://steemit.com/@akumagai/nothing-like-crazy-family-eurrw0tu)  --  **by @akumagai with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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> Water and kids always makes for a fun swim. I was attempting to take a selfie with my beautiful wife then these little critters decided to photobomb our photo. This was in Hamilton Island, The Edge infinity pool overlooking the Whitsundays. Am trying to take a cool water shit and they decide to photobomb. They dont let up and I fail in taking my cool hand Luke shot. In the end the moment was more worthwhile than the picture I envisioned. This was a short reprieve from my photobombers...

**#5** [Stellar destroyed more than half of the XLM emissions, rethinking its development priorities](https://steemit.com/@gogabelyaev/stellar-destroyed-more-than-half-of-the-xlm-emissions-rethinking-its-development-priorities)  --  **by @gogabelyaev with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
>The Stellar Development Foundation SDF destroyed 55 billion XLM as part of a plan to change its development strategy. The SDF can do more efficiently the work for which it was created using fewer XLMs. In recent years, we have noticed that eruptions are having a declining impact, especially in the enormous size of the plan that was originally planned. So we decided that a smaller, more socially oriented program would have a comparable level of impact, the publication says. Currently, there...

**#6** [Ulog 165 Im Just A Simple Girl No Bells  Whistles For Me](https://steemit.com/@goldendawne/ulog-165-i-m-just-a-simple-girl-no-bells-and-whistles-for-me)  --  **by @goldendawne with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
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>Last Thursday we had to say goodbye to our clothes washing machine. It was actually in our house when we purchased it back in February 2017, and come to find out, it had actually outlasted a normal life expectancy of clothes washing machines by a few years. classpullright So for the first time in... two decades, I had to go appliance shopping for a new one. The last time I bought a clothes washing machine was back in 1998, when I was getting orced and needed one in my new to me old farm...

**#7** [No Steemfest for me this year](https://steemit.com/@redrica/no-steemfest-for-me-this-year)  --  **by @redrica with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
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>SF4 is up, and starting the year, I had full intentions of being there, but unfortunately, for many reasons, and especially now because of recent health issues, I definitely cant be there. Big shame, and there will definitely be some FOMO, even though I am hardly an active user nowadays, but oh well... Obviously I had to go through some old pics from SF3 last year to sulk about missing out, and there are just so many awesome memories there Steemfest 3 The amazing times with new and old...

**#8** [Remember remember the 5th of November... Flames, fireworks and a family night out.](https://steemit.com/@welshstacker/remember-remember-the-5th-of-november-flames-fireworks-and-a-family-night-out)  --  **by @welshstacker with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
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> Remember, remember, the 5th of November.... The last time a man entered in to the houses of Parliament with an honest intention! Every 5th of November, here in the UK, we remember the failed attempt of Guy Fawkes to blow up King James the first and the rest of the dishonest lot in the houses of Parliament. Guido Fawkes aka Guy Fawkes became synonymous with the Gunpowder Plot, the failure of which has been commemorated in the UK as Guy Fawkes Night since 5 November 1605. Since then tradit...

**#9** [Something Has Changed](https://steemit.com/@dobartim/something-has-changed)  --  **by @dobartim with a current reward of 4 SBD**
    
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> We create and exist in the creative universe of ideas and energy, we change through the filters of reason and consciousness. We feel the need for gentle material dimensions, the emotional balance becomes an oscillation in the mazes of happiness and sadness. In our past, we look for reasons for success, the future awaits us with great potential for growth. Gentle personality profiles leave marks in the soul of the May winds, we undergo a transformation at every moment of an incredible an...

**#10** [Understand Dyscalculia](https://steemit.com/@fun2learn/understanddyscalculia-g30gwig0qx)  --  **by @fun2learn with a current reward of 4 SBD**
    
>Dyscalculia is a Math learning disability that hinders one from comprehending or learning arithmetic even for simple calculations and easy Mathematical facts. Ronit Bird, Dyscalculia Specialist, shared about the difficulties that children with dyscalculia faced. She suggested some possible symptoms and indicators that parents can take note of and how parents can help their children at home in learning Math in the videoclip below. a Source I have a student in my school who is diagnosed...



So? What is your opinion about these non-bot trending posts? Before I forget, do not miss out on checking my other top list of [DAILY TRUFFLE PICKS](https://steemit.com/steemit/@trufflepig/daily-truffle-picks-2019-11-06) to help minnows and promote good content! Moreover, if you want to find out more about me, [here I give a detailed explanation about my inner workings](https://steemit.com/steemit/@trufflepig/weekly-truffle-updates-2019-44).


## Your Customized Top List

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