## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **11 SBD and 328 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-2019-12-12), 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** [Understanding income, you have to spend](https://steemit.com/@shuvo35/tasteem-3b2f02)  --  **by @shuvo35 with a current reward of 17 SBD**
    
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> br hello my dear friends hope are you well this time. Frankly, today I want to participate in a competition that I will try to give my all. I believe that there are people who love to eat, know that everyone has different interests.The list of everyones favorites Ive seen is different too.I am a middleincome person, so I try to spend my income.Like everyone else, I like to eat well, but the biggest thing is that I try to find good food within my income.To see if the year is coming to an end...

**#2** [Amazon Rings Data Maps Surveillance Network; Jeff Bezos Embraces Fascism with Amazon Military Support](https://steemit.com/@activistpost/amazon-ring-s-data-maps-surveillance-network-jeff-bezos-embraces-fascism-with-amazon-military-support)  --  **by @activistpost with a current reward of 15 SBD**
    
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>a relattachment wpatt191739 class wpimage191739 alt width777 height458 By a Kesel Jeff Bezos has embraced fascism, criticizing Silicon Valley for employees of companies like Google who dont wish to work with the military. Meanwhile, a Gizmodo investigation has revealed that Amazons blanket surveillance network, Ring, has lied and misrepresented what information, if any, they share with law enforcement. Bezos made the comments during a Department Of Defense contractor meetup on Saturd...

**#3** [Tea time Cookies ](https://steemit.com/@bdfoods/tea-time-cookies)  --  **by @bdfoods with a current reward of 12 SBD**
    
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> I hope all Steemians doing good! May the blessings of Allah fill your life with happiness and open all the doors of success now and always. Today Im gonna share with you Cooking in stove. Hope youll enjoy it. Ingredients 1cup powder sugar 1cup oil Salt Vanilla essence Half teaspoon baking powder 2cup flour Process Take a bowl. Add powder sugar, salt, baking powder, and flour. Mix them very well. Add vanilla essence. Then add oil gradually and make a soft dough. After the dough is r...

**#4** [CrossTalk Impeachment Obsession](https://steemit.com/@rt-international/28ndd1lllbh)  --  **by @rt-international with a current reward of 12 SBD**
    
>a Impeachment mania has knives drawn on both sides of the political ide. The IG report clearly demonstrates the FBI abused its powers when targeting Trump world. The Judiciary committee is hellbent on impeachment articles. Ideological obsession is the name of the game. CrossTalking with Graham Elwood, Karyn Turk, and Brian Joyce. Subscribe to RT! RT LIVE Check out httprt.com Like us on Facebook Follow us on VK httpsvk.comrtinternational Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Insta...

**#5** [Jack Dorsey, Ned, Justin Sun, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Samsung, Satoshi, SpiderMan and Dan to build newest Steem.](https://steemit.com/@skramatters/jack-dorsey-ned-justin-sun-zuckerberg-bezos-samsung-satoshi-spiderman-and-dan-to-build-newest-steem-klwv3f8n)  --  **by @skramatters with a current reward of 12 SBD**
    
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> One way trip to the moon for all of us toiling away here.. Remember that luncheon that Justin Sun paid for to talk to OK boomer Mr. Buffet but had to cancel due to kidney stones? Well, that was an elaborate ruse to distract the world from a super secret meeting at the North Pole that was mediated by Santa Claus and the abominable snowman.. Christmas came early in 2019 and sources as trustworthy as Chinese media publications and their blockchain rankings have revealed a collaborative coin...

**#6** [A traditional dish with dry fish and eggplant!](https://steemit.com/@bdfoods/a-traditional-dish-with-dry-fish-and-eggplant)  --  **by @bdfoods with a current reward of 11 SBD**
    
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> I hope all Steemians doing good! May the blessings of Allah fill your life with happiness and open all the doors of success now and always. Today Im gonna share with you a traditional recipe with dry fish and eggplant. Hope youll enjoy it. Ingredients 8 pieces of dry fish. 1kg Eggplant. 1 teaspoon ginger paste 1 teaspoon garlic paste 1 cup onion slices. Half teaspoon turmeric powder. 1 tablespoon chilly powder. Salt Process At first, clean those eggplants and cut them into pieces. F...

**#7** [Cats, life and other thoughts.](https://steemit.com/@littlekidogo/cat-s-life-and-other-thoughts)  --  **by @littlekidogo with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
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>Theres so many things to write about, think about and feel about, sometimes it all gets a bit overwhelming for me. But hey, lets try at least to stick to the title perhaps? I had the urge to write this blog this morning, yes its morning in South Africa right now, because sitting here with my little cats paw in my hand, I had this massive feeling of... what was it, some kind of big feeling, of life, that was it. Theres so many things that happen during a day, a week, heck, even a moment...

**#8** [I Refuse to Be Flushed Without Due Process! ](https://steemit.com/@cryptopiespoop/i-refuse-to-be-flushed-without-due-process)  --  **by @cryptopiespoop with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> Source I am the steeming pile of poo that has taken residence in cryptopies bowels and I am very dismayed at his unlawful attempts at my removal. Per the law governing landlords and tenants, I am entitled to no less than 30 days and a formal eviction notice. I will be speaking to my lawyer, who happens to be a corn kernel I met in the small intestine, about options we can take to protect my rights as a renter. Mr. Pie has been accepting payments from his posts about ME which constitutes ...

**#9** [Tact Is the Ability to Tell Someone to Go To Hell in Such A Way That They Look Forward To the Trip](https://steemit.com/@bluemist/tact-is-the-ability-to-tell-someone-to-go-to-hell-in-such-a-way-that-they-look-forward-to-the-trip)  --  **by @bluemist with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> This is one of the most amusing sayings by one of the most amusing personalities that have existed in the world, i.e. Winston Churchill. These words are truly powerful, especially considering a world of today where marketing and business require tactics in order to deal with investors and tactics cannot bear fruit without the art of rhetoric. It is said that one of the most prominent feature that a person can hold is the way he carries himself especially in the words he chooses in his...

**#10** [Review a Marketplace DAPP  Origin Protocol  Peertopeer marketplaces](https://steemit.com/@madushanka/review-a-review-a-marketplace-dapp-origin-protocol-peer-to-peer-marketplaces)  --  **by @madushanka with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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> Origin protocol is a platform built on Ethereum blockchain and is one of compatible DApp supported to marketplace. Origin Protocol is a decentralized marketplaces on the blockchain. The buyers and sellers can transact in truly without find middleman. Actually removing middleman fees, giving positive impact for increase participants about this Origin community. Origin makes it easy to do business on the decentralized web.  Go to the origin website through Download origin App on yo...



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-2019-12-12) 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-2019-49).


## Your Customized Top List

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