The Trending page is a complete mess right now, has been for a while, but it wouldn't be such a big deal if there had been more thought/work put into offering different ways to discover content.

And I am beginning to think that the current way the search and discover function works is what makes Steemit so focused on just getting upvotes without genuine readership.

Only the trending and hot sections are given attention to, although there might be other rich content buried forever.

I also believe that there are a lot of us out here who would enjoy being suggested articles to which is in line with our interests. If there will be some algo for this, more Steemians will be motivated to post for things they are passionate about, knowing that there are eager readers to whom their content will be served.

Anyway, there is definitely a huge room for improvement given the age of the platform.