you have a good point, the trending page being driven by post returns rather than post engagement is definitely a negative for the site. Surely Steemit can create some algos that will churn posts to the top which are attracting community engagement through a combination of views and comments.
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Agreed. The argument for the current system I've seen, though, is that the big numbers at the top will attract people to sign up. But I'd argue great content would be more of a draw.