I tend to agree with your arguments about too much content being posted about the inner workings of Steem and crypto subject matter in general. The trending page, as you have stated, reflets topics that the general public is likely to not find very appealing. In my opinion, the trending page is overdue for a major overhaul. Perhaps a good start would be to showcase the best posts from various Dapps such as DTube, DSound, TravelFeed, etc. This approach could offer the general public a good degree of variety since not all people are interested in the same things .

Good post by the way.