Well just don't look at trending!" A pretty foolish argument considering it's the first thing people see when they visit Steem.
I whole heartedly agree with you there. But there are people that care about that, and we need more to power up. As you probably already know, I have been fighting those posts on trending, but I have also been working on getting posts featured on trending which has dramatically improved it. We have folks on here with significant stake trying to take a long term vision and do the right thing. I think some people are so focused on price, and that's understandable if they bought STEEM over $1.
Don't get discouraged, this cake isn't fully baked yet.