It is true.
Some people vote stellabelle because it is stellabelle and think they will get more rewards when the post goes high, for example. Ive seen the comments.
I didn't say newbies had 0 chance, but it is much more likely for a newbie 's post to go unnoticed; on the other hand, a popular poster has a much higher chance (maybe even 100%) of a good post to be trending
Even more so, a high chance of a so-so post to be trending