I have talked a lot about the [problems](https://steemit.com/steemit/@edicted/fixing-steemit-with-baby-steps-part-3-resteeming) of Steemit and how to fix them.  Everything about this platform revolves around investors and it is so absolutely unnecessary and unproductive at this point.  

My post about [improved filters](https://steemit.com/steemit/@edicted/fixing-steemit-with-baby-steps-part-2-improved-filters) directly addresses this issue.  Tracking average payouts could help us.  

If a whale makes an average of $500 per post and they have a post that's paying out $250, is this 'hot' or 'trending'?  No, it's probably garbage, but that didn't stop it from getting massively more exposure than it should have.  

Posts in 'hot' and 'trending' should get there from a combination of getting paid out more than average, making sure the author isn't spamming posts, upvotes by confirmed unique accounts that the community trusts, and straight up luck (lottery).  

Unfortunately this site's only metric for trust are money and a laughable flagging system where people like @berniesanders have -17 reputation.  These measures of trust are hilariously embarrassing and we the community should be doing everything in our power to implement more intelligent dynamic systems for our online mini-government.