Both of those changes are desperately needed.
If my replies to you in the other comment string seem cynical, realize it's because I've been posting about the "abuse" in trending (BookingTeam, not sure if that still goes on) and changing the algorithm, and how the curation formula is garbage.
There seems to be agreement that both are broken, but nobody is willing to change it.
I have to thank @ats-david for humoring each and every one of my curation posts. He truly cares about the subject too.