I've seen posts that were not that great rewarded all too well even here. But more than that type of posts, I've seen people get rewarded as they should. It's finally starting to work, thanks to the tireless efforts of the @ocdb folks and other curation teams.
But as @paulmp pointed out, there are posts that represent a lot of work done and that they should be rewarded better.
I'm working on better ways to accomplish this.. as I most definitely would rather see high quality content on trending. Just I guess hits a nerve when I don't see others' rewards questioned. I apologize for my rudeness.
Gladly accepted. I'm not exactly a paragon of great manners myself.