## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
    
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **13 SBD and 911 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-2020-01-12), 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** [Hacker Warning Victims Come Forward!](https://steemit.com/@spaminator/hacker-warning-victims-come-forward)  --  **by @spaminator with a current reward of 66 SBD**
    
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> Recently a new type of hacker has been active. The hacker account name is test240 and what it does is steal both STEEM and SBD from its victims. It does not change keys or do anything that isnt directly related to stealing funds. In order to stop this hacker we need more information from the victims. We already have some leads thanks to some victims and thanks to blocktrades. But we need more information. Message guiltyparties GuiltyParties .com5071 on Discord right away or ... Did y...

**#2** [The Heart of Gratefulness from Our Recipients](https://steemit.com/@gtpjfoodbank/the-heart-of-gratefulness-from-our-recipients)  --  **by @gtpjfoodbank with a current reward of 12 SBD**
    
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> This is what happens when fashion upkeeping ladies decided to donate their clothes to our Food Bank central storage, and a garment has found a forever home with a grateful cheerful young girl. This family is one of the many recipients who come to visit the Food bank almost daily during their spare time to request for food ration and at the same time see if theres any gems hidden in the hand me down section. We learn so much from these families. Despite of poverty stricken with much ch...

**#3** [Splinters, Paradigm Change  The Unexpected Changes Steemit Brought to My Life](https://steemit.com/@artemislives/ohfboqfm)  --  **by @artemislives with a current reward of 11 SBD**
    
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> Watch on 3Speak Reflecting on the gifts we receive sometimes makes us see them in a new light. When I joined steemit in February 2018, I thought I knew what I was going to get, and what I was going to give. LOL. How wrong can you be?! Im AMAZED at how my decision to join a censorship free platform where I retain content ownership and receive rewards for posting has actually changed my life. In a significant way. I didnt join steem broke and expecting to become a quasi bitco...

**#4** [Splinterlands  Spreading Like Wildfire](https://steemit.com/@mistakili/splinterlands-spreading-like-wildfire)  --  **by @mistakili with a current reward of 11 SBD**
    
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>Splinterlands keeps pushing the boundaries, just a while ago an update was released that extended the reach of Splinterlands into the TRON Blockchain, that is, right from the Splinterlands interface TRON users can purchase or transfer DECthe Splinterlands ingame currency in and out of the game using their TRON wallets with no hassle. This ability provided an instant link between two distinct Blockchains and it was the very first of its kind. We can say due to this innovation, Splinterlands...

**#5** [Without the Government, What Would You Do?](https://steemit.com/@jacobtothe/without-the-government-what-would-you-do)  --  **by @jacobtothe with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
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>If you woke up tomorrow and discovered that the entire framework of government had vanished overnight, what would you do? Would you go on a spree of murder and theft, or would you continue interacting with people voluntarily as you presumably do anyway? Would yo seek to impose your opinions on your neighbors at gunpoint yourself when you can no longer do so by political proxy, or would you strive for mutuallybeneficial solutions to disputes? Would you replace the State monopoly services with...

**#6** [FutureDiary  11 January 2030  Where did all the groceries go?](https://steemit.com/@pennsif/futurediary11january2030-wheredidallthegroceriesgo-yrv8k64e8w)  --  **by @pennsif with a current reward of 10 SBD**
    
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> classpullright class sizefull wpimage3854 alt width454 height278 Another stormy night last night, and it was still raining heavily when we got up this morning. I was hoping the roads werent getting flooded again as I needed to go to town to collect Valentinas prescription. Valentina had made me some porridge for breakfast with the last of our own grown oats. It tastes so much better knowing it had come from our land. Hopefully we can grow a bigger patch this year. I was just scraping ...

**#7** [Curse of the Golden Skull  Part 2](https://steemit.com/@modern-trojan/curse-of-the-golden-skull-part-2)  --  **by @modern-trojan with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
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> The flight went by so fast that Jonathan didnt even feel the time pass. He was feeling excitement like he hasnt felt in a long time. As arranged, Nubia was waiting for him at the airport. The ride from the airport to Edfu wasnt too long and the two had just enough time to get to know each other a little. Nubia talked about his childhood, what got him interested in archeology and Jonathan did the same. They bonded over their love for adventures and Jonathan was now 100 convinced that he c...

**#8** [Today I celebrated my first anniversary at Steem](https://steemit.com/@pedrobrito2004/today-i-celebrated-my-first-anniversary-at-steem)  --  **by @pedrobrito2004 with a current reward of 9 SBD**
    
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> Source I knew it was close to the date, recently I published a post commenting that I managed to reach 1K SP, but in truth I am forgetful of the anniversary dates, thankfully there are reminders that save my life at this time Here I must Thank steemitboard for pointing out that today is the day of my first anniversary on the Steem blockchain. Source I checked what the data looks like on Steemd and saw a summary of my account status there. I think that, certainly in a year I have seen se...

**#9** [Exploring Thought Episode 05  Morality](https://steemit.com/@apolymask/exploring-thought-episode-05-morality)  --  **by @apolymask with a current reward of 8 SBD**
    
>Heres a link to the audiopodcast if youd like to listen instead of read. Another foundational subject Id like to get into early on is morality. I read up on this word and as is often the case you can find quite a few different definitions or meanings. The way I would read it is that morality is a system of values, especially in regard to right and wrong. Morality has been a major part of my life, often expressing itself in the form of empathy for others. A lot of people say morality is su...

**#10** [Random Vlog 13  Interesting Story of Three Greedy Man](https://steemit.com/@engrsayful/u6t6niblotx)  --  **by @engrsayful with a current reward of 7 SBD**
    
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>a Hi Friends, Hope you are enjoying your time with this nice platform DTube Todays Content Random Vlog 13 Topic Name Story and Moral of Three Greedy Man This video attempt to teach some moral learning through a story of three greedy man. Hope you will enjoy the story of this three man and learning from this story. Thanks. Let me know your suggestions in comment box so that i can improve my dtube Vloging. Lots of Textile, Science, Earning related topics are coming in this channel. Stay...



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