I think this was the reason @dan pulled of from steem and is now making new set of rules to get with the Eos ,i am pretty sure he wont be making this kinda shit out there.
And regarding @berniesanders he has always been right about these things but people wont change ,greed wont let them.
Most of the time in the trending i see there are 3 posts out of 10 that are worth ...and i have personally have seen some planktons making great content but getting over shaded by posts with bots....this system need many fixes...