The real issue is quality and the earning curve, which seems to cause larger stakes to vote crap, which ends up in trending. So, this is two-fold.
Are you sure, because last few times I checked Trending, there wasn't Crap like you see.
new users or potential new users browse around and see crap. This turns anyone that cares about quality and effort away.
Then you must not care about either, because here you are, still here, and you without a doubt, joined WAY before, when even I could agree that Crap was on Trending because whales didn't care.
Lol, I guess it's subjective, but I'm not sure how you rate quality. Appreciator isn't voting quality and boosts many to the trending feed.