Woooah! Slow down there.. The way the trending page is now, it's nice to actually see something (even if it is trash) besides the same 5 f-ing people all the time...

If anything, it's creating a break in the trending page.

Steemit is divided into two groups.

People who get pissed at vote bots because they themselves don't want to pay to promote their post, and then take a holier than thou stance, while preaching steemit is "community."

And those who actually realize that it's investing in your own product to gain momentum. Just like anything else in this world.

Steemit is THE model of late stage capitalism at it's finest. It takes money to make money, is a part of that.

The former users that complain about the trending page are hypocrites anyway. If you really cared about steemit, you wouldn't even be browsing trending in the first place, and seeking out quality post on new under specific tags that you like, to help your "community."