First I want to say good for anyone who is on the trending page and the hot page. I am not hating on anyone. If you are wondering why you see a lot of the same people on the trending and hot pages is because they have high SP and know people who started on here who also have high SP. There is no conspiracy, it is only logical that their work would make it to the top more often than others. But maybe we can make it easier for newer users to make it or shake things up so there are more times when different people are showcased.
Here is what I am thinking. We make it so that you can only be on the hot list once a day and the trending page once a week. It would not be that hard to set up (I think) we can put it in the algorithm. If person x is on the hot list then person x cannot be on the hot list for 24 hours. That way people can still get their upvotes and money but we can have other people get the views. It is a system that might work for rewarding people without punishing those who have the SP.
What do you think?
*my upvotes/rep disclaimer: https://steemit.com/steemit/@whatageek/my-steemit-account-where-i-stand-on-bots-self-votes-and-multiple-account