Maybe it is improving slowly, haven't got the data to analyze... not that it cannot be collected, but subjectively talking it really seems to be getting at least a bit better.
I'm not checking the Trending page often simply because it rarely has something interesting for me, and even if it does the chances are I have already read the post before it got there... the only positive thing I see there is pretty much that the rewards are at a more reasonable levels now with the Steem dropping in value. Otherwise they were really giving the wrong message going way to high and at the same time new users still struggling to make it past 0.00 or just a few cent rewards :)