## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **7 SBD and 703 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-2019-12-15), 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** [New Reward Cards](https://steemit.com/@splinterlands/new-reward-cards)  --  **by @splinterlands with a current reward of 17 SBD**
    
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>Those of you who like to follow the stats probably know that a large batch of Reward edition cards will be hitting their print limit in the very near future likely within the next 24 hours with the season ending. The timing of this was quite unfortunate and difficult for us with the recent Untamed release and everything else going on right now, so we had to scramble to get new cards ready in time. We want to apologize for the last minute notice, but it is important that we replace the card...

**#2** [Love, Peace, Heal](https://steemit.com/@xawi/love-peace-heal)  --  **by @xawi with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
> Sometimes i do feel like i should say thank to music. Music is the best healer. Music always clears my head, Always heals my heart and always helps me lifting my spirit. We all want Love, peace and heal in our lives. Wait....... before writing anything i want to clear i post what i agree with, its not like that i am going through such situation well who knows XD so in my life people tend to confuse things. Today while searching for some music on youtube i stumbled upon this video....

**#3** [Why I am here on SteemIt](https://steemit.com/@bahagia-arbi/why-i-must-stay-on-steemit)  --  **by @bahagia-arbi with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
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> 1 August, 2017. Good Evening my Steem folks and this is my writing in response to snooks A Snookmademedoit Challenge introducing her new community Snook Made Me Do It. I am an Indonesian Blogger and I love writing very much. I had joined some national and international writing forum because I speak English, Japanese, French, and Italian. I found so many bloggers around the world. We often talked about writing, publisihing, and how to earn some money from blogging. We imagined someday w...

**#4** [I can finally play Gods Unchained again!](https://steemit.com/@fearlessgu/i-can-finally-play-gods-unchained-again)  --  **by @fearlessgu with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> Today, Im happy to announce that I can finally play Gods Unchained again! For nearly two months Ive struggled on both my old laptop and my new PC due to internet issues. While I sent back my GPU and plan to get another one to be able to play more modern titles, my internet speeds have been more of an issue for me than not having a dedicated GPU. Along with my GPU which I returned, I ordered a PCIe wifi antenna and its made such a difference. It has literally improved my internet speeds by ...

**#5** [Second Chance](https://steemit.com/@dobartim/second-chance)  --  **by @dobartim with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> We turn defeats into victories with powerful knowledge of invincible wisdom, we open up strange dimensions of a new future with an abundance of thoughts and spiritual knowledge. Light falls on the words of oblivion as memory brings freshness to future accomplishments, we discover a new world of possibilities. It is difficult when you are sad and when you are in pain that breaks your heart, confidence grows with the goals and warm embrace of the mystical energy of the universe. You are t...

**#6** [FLOWERS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT  INFORMATION ON THE STEEMITAS CLUB](https://steemit.com/@r2cornell/flowers-for-your-enjoyment-and-information-on-the-steemitas-club)  --  **by @r2cornell with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> Author r2cornell FLOWERS FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT INFORMATION ON THE STEEMITAS CLUB This rose is the only hybrid that has survived our winters. A couple of others the root stock took over and is producing its own flowers. I have shown this flower before but not this photo. It is called Jacobs Coat. It is a climbing rose but has been slow to grow and has yet to start climbing.  INTRODUCTION I received a lot of positive feedback and support last week with my discussion of do...

**#7** [Macro Photography Session  Crassula Ovata  Wealth and prosperity plan](https://steemit.com/@aleister/macro-photography-session-or-crassula-ovata-wealth-and-prosperity-plan)  --  **by @aleister with a current reward of 6 SBD**
    
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> Today we will take a closer look at Crassula Ovata AKA Jade Plant. This small plant with succulent leaves that we see here can reach 1 to 2 meters in height becoming a mini tree, forming a natural bonsai and is perhaps the most popular and resistant plant among the socalled succulents. The most striking feature is that they store a good amount of water in their roots, stems or leaves, which varies by species, thus allowing them to maintain reserves for extended periods and even to live in ...

**#8** [Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems](https://steemit.com/@lordneroo/sustainable-urban-drainage-systems)  --  **by @lordneroo with a current reward of 6 SBD**
    
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> Water is a valuable resource, and this is something we can all agree on. But what happens when a number of factors, such as rapid population growth, pollution and stockraising, lead to problems with water supply? The increasing demand and decreasing supply of water is a huge problem, and also one that needs to be dealt with as soon as possible. We need to be able to efficiently collect, store, transport and process this gift of nature. And this is where hydraulic engineering comes into pla...

**#9** [Application Organic Fertilizers to Agricultural Land.. Vlog 50](https://steemit.com/@mspbro/c5kio4ptqd1)  --  **by @mspbro with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
>a Hello Dtubers Your friends mspbro has come to another video with you. When I came in the morning to watch the garden, I saw organic fertilizer applied here.Organic fertilizers are very useful sir. This fertilizer has a lot of vitamin content. Organic fertilizers are a type of natural fertilizer. Contains a lot of chemical fertilizers. However, organic fertilizers are very beneficial. Organic fertilizers are essential for the growth of the tree. Applying too much of the chemical ferti...

**#10** [Ultraviolette F77  The Tesla of Superbikes from India](https://steemit.com/@karamyog/ultraviolette-f77-the-tesla-of-superbikes-from-india)  --  **by @karamyog with a current reward of 4 SBD**
    
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>The Tesla of Superbikes from India altCapture.JPG altCapture2.JPG Image I saw a YouTube video about this bike today and it is a monster! It looks epic. The front looks like typical roadster and sides look no less than the best looking sports bike out there. This thing is an absolute beauty when it comes to looks. Driving wise, it hits a top speed of 150 kmph, something akin to a 300 to 350 cc motorbike. That is quite neat! It comes with 3 driving modes eco, sport and the last...



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## Your Customized Top List

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