## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **15995 SBD and 4718 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-2018-07-20), 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** [Fundition a 1 Million in Steem Delegated Project Interview With Founder Hightouch](https://steemit.com/@promo-mentors/eea923a0-8b65-11e8-b2de-f7be8f055a16) -- **by @promo-mentors with a current reward of 192 SBD**
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> Authored by Futurethinker July 19 2018 At the age of five Ozden Cetinkaya hightouch moved from Turkey to France, where he would be involved in various projects throughout his life. Before he created fundition which is a nonprofit! crowdfunding project, he worked on dtube. All the projects he has ever worked on before were aimed at humantarian efforts, which makes him a genuine entrepreneur in my opinion, someone who work to create better lives for others that is in the spirit of entre...
**#2** [JijangJeon in Gaeamsa Temple, The Same and The Different.](https://steemit.com/@slowwalker/jijang-jeon-in-gaeam-sa-temple-the-same-and-the-different) -- **by @slowwalker with a current reward of 150 SBD**
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>There was a praying building for the death in Gaeamsa temple. Unlike other religion, there are separate buildings due to the host of the buildings in Buddhist temple. JijangJeon is a praying building for the death. Jijang is the Bodhisattva who takes in charge of the world of the dead. JijangJeon in Gaeamsa was quite different from other temples. First of all, the Jijang Bodhisattva statue seemed very unique, because it was a rare case for me to see the stone Jijang Bodhisattva statue. ...
**#3** [ WORLDs FIRST STEEMtruck! Project powered by STEEM!](https://steemit.com/@the.foodini/ig8hg208) -- **by @the.foodini with a current reward of 137 SBD**
> I want to open the worlds first STEEMtruck to promote our currency and good food! If you want to know more about it watch the video! iframe width1280 height720 frameborder0 allowautoplay; encryptedmedia allowfullscreen a version! I found a way to combine my two passions food and cryptocurrencies! STEEMtruck is a project for my dreams and I would like to make it come true with your help. It will be a combination of food truck and information point. You will be able to eat here some...
**#4** [Blockchain Update 4 Resource Credit Implementation Details](https://steemit.com/@steemitblog/blockchain-update-4-resource-credit-implementation-details) -- **by @steemitblog with a current reward of 101 SBD**
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> As the release of Hardfork 20 draws near, the Blockchain Team would like to take this opportunity to explore some of the progress weve made toward implementing our new Resource Credit RC system. Steem is one of the few blockchains that operates under a freemium model, meaning that the blockchain enables its account holders to perform a certain amount of transactions for free as long as they have a sufficient amount of stake in the form of Steem Power. This new RC system will make Steem ...
**#5** [The Early Schools of Indian Buddhism Series](https://steemit.com/@reddust/4yef3h-the-early-schools-of-indian-buddhism-series) -- **by @reddust with a current reward of 97 SBD**
>Buddhist schools in the 5th Century A.D. according to the Chinese pilgrim Fahsien Part 10 Section 1 Mahasamghika Origins An alternative thesis In his 1974 article A Review of Scholarship on the Buddhist Councils, Charles S. Prebish challenged the commonly established thesis, that the first schism in the Buddhist Sangha occurred during the Second Buddhist Council. This established thesis was based on the fact that the Mahasamghika Vinaya account only has rules against one of the ten p...
**#6** [Leaving Home to Come Home Part 1](https://steemit.com/@pinkspectre/leaving-home-to-come-home-part-1) -- **by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 83 SBD**
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>In January of this year the cold, unrelenting winter that slammed the East Coast and a recent nostalgia drenched trip back home bought me to the conclusion that I wanted to return to my hometown, and not just for a sporadic visit. I was homesick. I missed everything about Albuquerque the way the monolithic Sandia mountains that lined the east side of the city lit up at sunset, the vibrant and colorful ersity that painted every aspect of it, the way larkspur looked in bloom. Mostly I missed t...
**#7** [Leaving Home to Come Home Part 2](https://steemit.com/@pinkspectre/leaving-home-to-come-home-part-2) -- **by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 79 SBD**
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> My arrival in Albuquerque was not auspicious. As we stood in the crowded aisle of the plane, poised to exit, my 20 month old son shared the discovery of his new found motion sickness by projectile vomiting not only on me, but on three strangers who had the misfortune of standing near us. Thankfully, many of the travelers near to us were parents and could sense my distress, and were compassionate and helpful instead of angry. Having spent nearly fifteen minutes in the bathroom attempting t...
**#8** [Best Banana Nut Bread](https://steemit.com/@pinkspectre/best-banana-nut-bread) -- **by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 79 SBD**
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>This banana nut bread is so moist, dense, and decadent, its hard not to gobble it all up in one sitting. It never sticks around too long in our house. If you can bear to part with it after enduring the heavenly smell of it baking, this treat makes a great gift. Thankfully, this recipe yields 2 loaves. If you prefer banana nut muffins to loaves, the instructions only differ in a reduction of cooking time 45 minutes for 24 muffins. Ingredients 1 cup white sugar 1 cup brown sugar 4 eggs ...
**#9** [Veggie Quiche](https://steemit.com/@pinkspectre/veggie-quiche) -- **by @pinkspectre with a current reward of 77 SBD**
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> If there is a better combination than eggs, cheese, and veggies, I cant think of it. This tasty quiche is bursting with the full color spectrum of vegetables and loaded with cheesy goodness. We love this recipe for its yummy simplicity. Its the perfect dish to prepare for guests or busy weeks, as it lasts in the fridge for about one week and can be easily reheated. We use a premade pie crust, but if you are feeling ambitious feel free to make your own. Also feel free to take liberties with...
**#10** [Starting an Interview a Stakeholder Series What questions to ask?](https://steemit.com/@timcliff/starting-an-interview-a-stakeholder-series-what-questions-to-ask) -- **by @timcliff with a current reward of 68 SBD**
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> One thing that I have always found interesting about the interactions that I have with various Steemians is the disconnect that often exists between regular users and stakeholders. Regular users are typically interested in earning rewards. They want to know how they can get their content discovered and upvoted. They care a lot about new features such as the posting editor. Their ideal scenario is to find a way to contribute value to the platform and be rewarded for it. Stakeholders are ty...
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