Thank you for your invested reply! <3

> If the steemit trending page code is commented out, we will be left with "Hot", "New" and "Promoted". Judging from the current algorism of how steemit ranks authors post in the "Hot" tab, the new trending page would become "Hot". This still did not eliminate the problem.

The "Hot" algorithm works differently from trending so more posts get exposure even if some are promoted. So it might be a possible solution or part of one. Regardless, I am happy I started this discussion, and thank you again for your input.

> Maybe by suggesting a new algorithm aided by a flow-chart diagram describing how the post should be sorted on the trending page without having to remove that function entirely.

Algorithms are for the brainy coders. I just try to make sense of it all and see how it can be improved as a PRODUCT overall.