I think now the changes are starting to take effect. The communication from Steemit was not great but, not many people even clicked on the link in that big red banner.
Trending pages are generally narrow views here because they are controlled by stake alone (voting) but this will change depending on how interfaces implement their views later on. The catch all system of Steemit.com reflects (other than the last 2 days) bought votes for the most part.
and the "new" page represents the deeper underbelly of the city.
Never go alone :D