My issue with the trending page is it is synonymous with the log in/homepage of steemit. At the moment, there is trolling/shilling and obvious agenda-driven blogs showing up there. Many times, it is like reading an info-mercial. Most people are pretty savvy and understand what is going on with this kind of thing; they are a little less savvy wrt to the shill-trolls who are purposely sowing discontent to sabotage steemit.

The homepage needs to be pro-steemit and show quality and not agenda and certainly not an anti-steem agenda. I have it from @ned himself that steemit.com can modify the homepage without a hardfork. I think steemit works quite well but it does need to be grown. Our homepage should work for us and not against us. The posts there should be curated and appear for a shorter time. The shilling shenanigans that usually hang around it are not representative of the steemit community and should not be the face we show to the world.

I know there are a lot of quality blogs on steemit ... lets showcase them on the title page and not the work of Brutus and Judas. I find steemit to be the best online experience I have yet to have. It is a fantastic place to show-case work. But the front door needs painting and repair.