I thought this post was going in a totally different direction, but I'm glad I kept reading. Steem is an experiment and people are playing with different business models. It's still pretty small and it's not inevitable that buying votes will be the only way to trend. As it grows the economics will change. From what I've heard the big winners for now are those who sell votes, but I appreciate some pass on the rewards. I'm even delegating to a small vote seller.

I've stated that I'm not that bothered about getting super rich. I want to see this platform succeed in changing lives. A trending page full of junk posts is not helping with that.