## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **119 SBD and 692 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-2019-12-16), 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** [Does Steem Need Investors](https://steemit.com/@gniksivart/does-steem-need-investors)  --  **by @gniksivart with a current reward of 12 SBD**
    
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>I was scrolling through my feed and came across a threespeak post by theycallmedan. In it, he talks about web security, micro paywalls, and the importance of steem liquidity so investors can get in the space, and that got me thinking if we want to be more successful in the next bull market we need to get more Steem investors. Source It seems like those that are still active and creating great content are getting some pretty great rewards, but what happens when a couple more thousand peopl...

**#2** [2019, 2020, 2040, 3030](https://steemit.com/@adetorrent/2019-2020-2040-3030)  --  **by @adetorrent with a current reward of 12 SBD**
    
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>OMG. I got so much done today. Far from the normally chilled out, lazy Sunday I usually have, I woke up bright and early and got on with it. Now, 14 hours later, Im so exhausted. The job isnt done, but I made a significant dent in it. Another two or three days now, and I can put my feet up. I can also relax and watch Christmas roll in. The Canadian Rockies as viewed from Lake Minnewanka Unfortunately I wont be going to the Canary Islands for the rest of winter as I once hoped. Apart...

**#3** [The True Cost of Long Haul Road Travel](https://steemit.com/@artemislives/the-true-cost-of-long-haul-road-travel)  --  **by @artemislives with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
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>But why dont you just fly? was the question of my week, in more ways than one. You see, I traveled this week. The slomo way, by bus, between countries, here in South East Asia. From Chiang Mai, Thailand to Vientiane in Laos PDR, to be exact. And while I was on the road I had plenty of time to ponder Ecotrains Question of the Week, Are Eco Warriors hypocrites for flying? Being wellschooled, my first inclination is always to unpick and question the question. Which leads to two question...

**#4** [PromoSteem Curation Synopsis  14DEC2019](https://steemit.com/@steem-ambassador/promo-steem-curation-synopsis-or-or-14-dec-2019)  --  **by @steem-ambassador with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
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> classtextjustify Daily PromoSteem Curation Synopsis showcases the brilliant promo work done by Steemians to promote Steem Blockchain. SYNOPSIS REPORT 12DEC2019 Smt hard fork testing report 2, why Ive been so silent for the past month Author howo Splinterlands proudly announces a partnership with Blockchain Founders Fund Author steemmonsters The Future Of Blockchain From an Investors POV Author theycallmedan Watch at 1.5x speed for better viewing pleasure! M...

**#5** [Why I am here on SteemIt](https://steemit.com/@janaveda/why-i-am-here-on-steemit)  --  **by @janaveda with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
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>  My avatar janaveda in steemit  August 1 of this year, while browsing YouTube you found a channel that recommended steemit to get rewards for posting. Actually, at that moment I told myself, Im going to take a look. I am in Venezuela, where hyperinflation ended my lifelong savings. Perhaps, it could be an alternative to get some additional income. A few months before, I had created some channels on YouTube and I discovered that it is very easy to go unnoticed, much less thin...

**#6** [Why I Quit My Day Job](https://steemit.com/@danplants/65lb5p9xg8k)  --  **by @danplants with a current reward of 6 SBD**
    
>a Here is why I dont work a day job. For me it was a night job because my skill set was bartending and waiting tables. Being in the restaurant industry, youre always going into work, when most people are coming out of work. So any social interaction you will usually have will be with other coworkers, usually at a bar after the restaurant closes. So by being in that environment, I developed a dependence for alcohol, which eventually lead to me being an alcoholic. It got to the point wher...

**#7** [Snookmademedoit Challenge Answer These Two Questions!](https://steemit.com/@goldendawne/snookmademedoit-challenge-answer-these-two-questions)  --  **by @goldendawne with a current reward of 6 SBD**
    
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>Ill be the first to admit that I rarely participate in challenges anymore on steemit. I hardly ever compete in contests and I undoubtedly dont post as much as I should; but 2019 has been a year of turmoil, upsanddowns and life getting in my way... BUT when I saw this challenge, I just had to make a post. I have been on steemit for 29 months joined in July 2017 and I have seen some things... oh yes I have seen some things. But this post is about how I found my way to steemit and why Im still ...

**#8** [White Rabbit Are They The Best For Rabbit Breeders? My Thoughts And Observations](https://steemit.com/@mattsanthonyit/whiterabbitaretheythebestforrabbitbreedersmythoughtsandobservations-849376vkjh)  --  **by @mattsanthonyit with a current reward of 6 SBD**
    
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> altofficialoluwagbemilekeBMUfyNhgXnQ.jpg br Hello Everyone , Here on my blog this evening, the discussion is Which of the rabbit breed is the best for a rabbit breeder? Yes, we all have different opinions and perceptive on animals, living things, cars, houses, clothes, jewelries and more but for me. Here is my own picture View. When I was in school, I was thought so many rabbit breeds like Angora, Chinchilla , California White, American Dutch, Havana black and so on. But when the time came...

**#9** [Why cant I stay home on a beautiful winter Sunday?](https://steemit.com/@bluemoon/why-can-t-i-stay-home-on-a-beautiful-winter-sunday)  --  **by @bluemoon with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
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> Easy answer to this question, in fact there are two answers winter is not winter, it is like a beautiful autumn and the second reason is my wife. She is a traveler and a walker and does not let me stay at home. I have to walk at least 5 km a day, I am not always excited about it but I understand how beneficial it is for health! Sunday morning was enough to look out the window to know what we were going to do ... a walk, necessarily a walk but with a target. A coffee and a cake at one of t...

**#10** [Stop Making Me Do Things](https://steemit.com/@enginewitty/stop-making-me-do-things)  --  **by @enginewitty with a current reward of 5 SBD**
    
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>!A Snookmademedoit Challenge Steemit.jpg and say something insanely clever like, You see, when a mommy and a daddy love each other very much, or, I could rip on myself and say I was the accident that happened when my parents got drunk on a Fourth of July, but I think she means, how did I find my stupid ass on Steem. Fact 1 Im not going to bullshit you. Because, well, lets face it, youd have to be stupid to come over to some new territory, out of your comfort zone, with dreams of grandeur ...



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-2019-12-16) 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-2019-50).


## Your Customized Top List

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