Many people don't understand how steemit works and other abuse rules to get profit. It's not perfect social platform but only users can make it better. Don't give up and focus on yourself to do everything right. It's the only way to make steemit a nice place.
Read about value of Steem Power and how important it is because probably this is a reason of your disapointment.
Exactly. And anyway, there is so much good content here that I just ignore the Trending tab altogether. It's sad, depressing and useless to go there. 😂