The first thing new people see is the advice, 'check out the trending page' when they create an account. As I created the 'chops' one recently I noticed this. Until Steemit Inc, decide to do something about it, then nothing will happen.
If they decide to advise newbies to look at the #alternativetrendingpage and omit trending from the main menu, then that would be progress.
That would be a big progress indeed... lets start it :)