When new users after waiting a week or more to get registered on Steemit, they see the trending posts hoping to see cool, new, edgy content. What they actually get is a lump of crap content that neither interests them or just plain alienates them and they leave. Trending needs to be based on real human analytics, not robots and fake votes.
RE: The Secret Truth Behind the Trending Post of Steemit: Two Real Life Case Examples