You're right, I think there's a huge difference between normal blogging and Hive. I just don't think many realise that until they've been around a while.
It's been so long since I looked at trending. I'm surprised that kind of stuff is still even making it there, now that more people are onto it. I guess it's got to reach there before it can be dropped back down. Or do you think it has come back with the rise in Hive value? I've noticed a big influx of new accounts again, which of course comes with the dodgy ones. It gets exhausting to keep vetting them.