## Trending Posts Without Bid Bots and Self Votes
In the last 24 hours alone people spent at least **14 SBD and 528 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-2019-11-01), 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** [Opinion Maps and how Tau may help the decision maker](https://steemit.com/@dana-edwards/opinion-maps-and-how-tau-may-help-the-decision-maker) -- **by @dana-edwards with a current reward of 15 SBD**
> This post was inspired by Ohads answer to my question in the monthly QA which wasa just released. Some key points he made was 1 Tau can help solve the asymmetry between proposing what to vote over and having the right to vote. Traditionally only selected lawmakers can propose new laws. On Tau any among millions or billions can put forth a proposal. My thoughts on this first solution above is that market forces may be able to improve the quality of proposals. The benefit of Tau is that it...
**#2** [The Bottom Up Movement](https://steemit.com/@taskmaster4450/ckeuj1vo4as) -- **by @taskmaster4450 with a current reward of 15 SBD**
>a Many feel that Wall Street money is required if cryptocurrency is to succeed. This is a top down approach to building. Unfortunately, if this is what takes place, it will mean that those at the top control all that is created. It is the Internet that we have which is siloed. Instead, a better approach is bottom up. As more people sign on, we see the value of the entire industry grow. With networks, nodes users is the name of the game. More wallets means that a certain percentage ...
**#3** [Final Coffee Worker Series Part 4 Photo Series ENG](https://steemit.com/@deepwaters/final-coffee-worker-series-part-4-photo-series-eng) -- **by @deepwaters with a current reward of 8 SBD**
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> There is a clear difference in the price that a farmer will receive for Organic Specialty Beans as compared to Traditionally farmed beans. An Organic farmer will be associated to trade communities where he will connect directly to international values that pay a premium for organic fairtrade beans. This gives him a remarkable advantage because he can negotiate and reduce intermediaries. This of course comes with a commitment and verification that the beans are in fact organic and that imp...
**#4** [FINALLY ITS TIME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND SHARE MY VISION AND GOALS](https://steemit.com/@crypto.piotr/finally-it-s-time-to-introduce-myself-and-share-my-vision-and-goals) -- **by @crypto.piotr with a current reward of 8 SBD**
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> This is perhaps one of the most important post Ive published in a very long time and I would appreciate if you, my dear readers, could spare just 10 minutes of your time to read through it. After being present on Steemit for several months, I finally decided to introduce myself and share my vision ... Ive been around on Steemit for over 1.5 year already, and during that period, Ive witnessed a few hard forks. Ive seen people com and go from this platform. So far, I consider this ti...
**#5** [Easy Traffic Generation 3 Get Visitors From Social Media](https://steemit.com/@flaxz/58w1avqvf7k) -- **by @flaxz with a current reward of 7 SBD**
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>a Its Thursday and really nice weather outside. Easy Traffic Generation 3 Get Visitors From Social Media In this video I continue with my video series Easy Traffic Generation and in this video I talk about using Social Media to get visitors to your Lead Capture Pages and to your Steem and CTPtalk blog and vlog. You do this by sharing links to your Lead Capture Pages and to your blog and vlog posts on Steem and CTPtalk in places like. 1. Facebook I really need to use this one more...
**#6** [Use your phone as keyboard for your laptop!](https://steemit.com/@phonetix/use-your-phone-as-keyboard-for-your-laptop) -- **by @phonetix with a current reward of 6 SBD**
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>Hello fellow Steemians! I have 2 laptops and a desktop computer. The thing is I hate sitting at them! Usually if i can get away with doing something on my phone rather than a computer then il do it. When i sit at a computer for too long then i get lower back ache. Earlier on today i was looking around the internet at ways to improve it. Then i stumbled across this! It is possible to use any phone to type on your laptop, also use it as a mouse, also as a desktop screen and file man...
**#7** [Steemit Philippines Travel and Nature Photography 343 by Allmonitors](https://steemit.com/@allmonitors/steemit-philippines-travel-and-nature-photography-343-by-allmonitors) -- **by @allmonitors with a current reward of 6 SBD**
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> Great morning to all. Just being thankful for another day that was given. Thesun smiles at the horizon, greating it are different cloud formations. While some part of the sky are clear, the tide is also low and calm. I can hear the sound produced by the sea water approaching the shore line. The breeze was cold, it penetrates the skin. I feel like I wanted to lie down in that calm sea water. It looks like a bed. Shots taken in Siargao, Philippines. Images were shot using SBD paid ...
**#8** [18 million coins later White paper of Bitcoin turns 11 years old](https://steemit.com/@gogabelyaev/18-million-coins-later-white-paper-of-bitcoin-turns-11-years-old) -- **by @gogabelyaev with a current reward of 5 SBD**
>On October 31, 2008, Satoshi Nakamoto presented to the world, represented by the participants of the cryptography newsletter, a work entitled Bitcoin A PeertoPeer Electronic Cash System, in which he described a fundamentally new system of wire transfers. Im working on a new electronic money system, completely peertopeer, without trusted third parties, he wrote. The ninepage document describes the intent and motivation for the creation of a digital currency that differs from the thenexistin...
**#9** [When Luck Plays](https://steemit.com/@dobartim/when-luck-plays) -- **by @dobartim with a current reward of 5 SBD**
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> The height of excitement and the wonderful moments dance in the hands of new surprises, a special kind of fire shines in your eyes that warms spectacular love. We go through a jungle of ideas and feelings, everything is blamed under the precipices of our mistakes as we look for the right path. The victory brings slight changes to the sacred games of life, you win my heart with a beautiful smile on a sunny day of abundance. Through the mirror passes the truth about us that elevates us to...
**#10** [I left my heart in Positano Italy pt.6 La Zagara](https://steemit.com/@summer2019/tasteem-d8bf34) -- **by @summer2019 with a current reward of 4 SBD**
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> br Positano, a village located on the steep cliffs in the Amalfi Coast. Well known for its beautiful beaches, the drive through the Amalfi route, and the wonderful lemons that grow in this part of Italy. We travelled by ferry and came up to a surprisingly grand view of Positano spread wide along the cliffs along the beach. Stepping off from the ferry, the first sight is of Positanos infamous buildings cascading down the cliff. The colorful buildings stretch way up to the mountain that s...
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