To many people do not understand that one cannot be acting in there own self interest until they learn how to act within their vested interest. That interest which is good for all within the community is not only in the interest of the self, but in the interest of the community at large. When enough people understand this the trending will just disappear along with many practices that merely serve the self.
I wish people understood steemit for what it is instead of for what they want it to be. In my opinion steemit is a vessel that is being filled from an old container (the good ole by system echo chamber). Steemit is its own echo chamber and is really destroying peoples moral value. Example the flag wars would never be allowed in the real world because it uses monitory value to harm peoples incomes and abridge the right of free speech. In a very real way these problems will either be solved or steemit will go away too.
I for one am going to do everything in my power to make sure that doesn't happen. I love the basic concept of steemit, and merely recognize that it doesn't support the human value system. Either it will in the future or it wont have a future. Natural law will prevail.