I guess I see what you are aiming at there. Meaning, in platform like Youtube, for example, all the votes are equal in weight and it does not affect if a user with bigger stake is coming in and casting the vote or just a regular viewer? I don't think it is entirely true these days as most of these platforms do have algorithms and certain metrics on what gets to the trending page and what doesn't and even some content that does not get presented to the viewers because they fail at certain metrics. You still need to put in work and grind your way to the top, work those algos and other things. It is similar on Hive where you have to grind and build your reputation, following and support for years. Should it be easy? That is a different debate. I think in that regard, it can be easier on Hive sometimes than on other platforms due to shire size of the userbase.

Currently my observation of the trending page is that there is a lot more great stuff that makes it there, and also that there are bunch of whales that are hitting posts that get close to trending page and then they end up there. There are a lot of curators of all sizes voting content since after a recent harfork split of rewards is 50/50.