You really shouldn't have declined rewards, your post is directed at the community and nobody in particular.

I find people here generally wont slam you down for these kind of posts, what you state the truth and there's no denying it.

Kudos go to curation initiatives like C-Squared, Curie, etc that are rewarding outstanding content.

Yes, these groups are great and gave me some incentive to post in my early days (and still do now sometimes).

Maybe HF21 will do something about trending... who knows how it will pan out. I say lets give it a chance... maybe things will improve.