## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **8 SBD and 265 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-2019-12-30), 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** [My 2019 The last 2019 Showcase Weekend Some Photo Posts I Published with Low Payouts](https://steemit.com/@fitinfun/my-2019-the-last-2019-showcase-weekend-some-photo-posts-i-published-with-low-payouts)  --  **by @fitinfun with a current reward of 48 SBD**
    
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> While I was on the road to stay legal with Thai Immigration, the traffic came to a standstill for at least 30 minutes one afternoon. This shot brings back my anxiety of wondering if I will make it to the office on time. As usual, I was renewing my stamp on the last day possible. The best thing to do when life gives a curve ball is to take photos. I was glad to get this shot of a man crossing the pedestrian bridge much faster than we were moving down below. Post Payout 0.85 Traffic ...

**#2** [Smokin Aces film A starfilled massive letdown](https://steemit.com/@gooddream/smokin-aces-film-a-star-filled-massive-letdown)  --  **by @gooddream with a current reward of 23 SBD**
    
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>With a massive and talented cast including Jeremy Piven, Ryan Reynolds, Ben Affleck, Jason Bateman, Ray Liotta, and Andy Garcia this dark comedy action film about mob crime almost has to be good right? source That was the thought I had when I started watching it and face after face of famous people who I actually really do like especially Piven, who I think is one of the most underused terrific actors in Hollywood. However, as the movie gets moving, you get bored of it pretty quick ...

**#3** [Oh the Places Youll Go  2020](https://steemit.com/@dfinney/oh-the-places-you-ll-go-2020)  --  **by @dfinney with a current reward of 13 SBD**
    
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>It is that time of year again. The time of year where other people consider New Years resolutions and I think about New Years travel plans. I always feel unsettled until I have some vacations in my back pocket. This time last year I put together a travel wish listplan for 2019. How did I do and what is the plan this year? It is time to assess the past and look ahead to plan some adventures! Image credit denkendewolke via Pixabay Well, it appears I achieved about 50 on my 2019 holiday p...

**#4** [Final December Push and Our Thank You](https://steemit.com/@gtpjfoodbank/final-december-push-and-our-thank-you)  --  **by @gtpjfoodbank with a current reward of 13 SBD**
    
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>This is it, the final few days before the crossover to 2020; and there are still out reaches who have not received their food packs post Christmas while we continue to gear up to pack readily for their receiving. Thus we decided while showing you just a handful of our recipients while we wait for more photos we would like to personally thank the donors from various recipients locations... With a little vintage Christmasy feel as we welcome the year 2020. When Walls received good feedback ...

**#5** [Star Wars in Fortnite Battle](https://steemit.com/@thranax/star-wars-in-fortnite-battle)  --  **by @thranax with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
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> Fortnite has made history again today. Never before in a video game has a live film director appeared to address his fans and offer them an unpublished fragment of his next film. Not only that the chosen one has been J.J. Abrams and the film, of course, Star Wars Episode IX The Rise of Skywalker. The event has not consisted simply of bringing the players together in Committed Reels and releasing a scene from the movie, far from it. Everything has started with the Millennium Falcon furr...

**#6** [Binance to start working on Social Media Platform?](https://steemit.com/@ocupation/binance-to-start-working-on-social-media-platform)  --  **by @ocupation with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
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>CEO of Binance, believes the time has come for the crypto community to have its blockchain based social media platform thatll be resistant to censorship and earned support by Vitalik itself. Hmm, its kinda strange no one even mentioned steem or EOS as projects whose main mission is to provide tools for such platforms. I guess we have been marginalized and the time for real marketing has come. The competition is starting to knock on our doors and its time to start doubling our efforts in ...

**#7** [Part Two  Steampunk Gas Mask  Installing  Wiring The Lights](https://steemit.com/@dramamask/410jg7kkm5r)  --  **by @dramamask with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
>a The final part in this short series of creating a steampunk gas mask with a paint job and in this part we will be installing and wiring LED lights to add some groovy effects. If you enjoyed this video, please like and share. Hit the notification bell if you would like to receive notifications of new videos. Any comments, please post below. Subscribe at Website Facebook Twitter Instagram Ebay Etsy Steemit Music by Angel Rust. Dramamask Evolutions Amazon Storefront feat...

**#8** [Neural Interfaces  Hacking the Mind](https://steemit.com/@higgs/neural-interfaces-hacking-the-mind)  --  **by @higgs with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
>Good day Steemians, following on from my introductory post, its time to share my very first piece of science goodness with you all. Today Ill be ing into an overview of how machines are proposed to enhance the power of the brain, making mind hacking a very real possibility.  Neural Systems Machines The minds of humans are complex networks that can be connected and tapped into just like any other device that we traditionally think about when it comes to networks and devices....

**#9** [The Tortellino  Behind the Photo in Monomad Look](https://steemit.com/@davidesimoncini/the-tortellino-behind-the-photo-in-monomad-look)  --  **by @davidesimoncini with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
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> This is the new entry to the Third edition of Behind the Photo Contest. Behind the Photo is a competition launched by nelyp and johann.norberg where you can explain what is photography for you and what happens before, during and after your photography activities. Learn more in the Official Launch Post The Tortellino is an ancient recipe of my country; specifically, it is a recipe born in EmiliaRomagna. As I discovered after a short research, the firsts news about them date back to th...

**#10** [Steemiteducation](https://steemit.com/@steemiteducation/5px6ok-steemiteducation)  --  **by @steemiteducation with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
>There are over 60 million teachers and 750 million students in the world today. We need to bring them to the Steem Blockchain. Source Steemiteducations goal is to empower educators to empower their students and to help provide an education to anyone with a desire to learn regardless of geographic location or economic status. Our dreams are huge. Some day, we plan to be able to Offer content courses Develop educational technology and apps Share lesson plans Provide howto and tutor...



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