I pissed H off too many times for him to give me a vote :) I guess he rigs things to try and make something from curation.

I know some people dread getting on trending as it can attract the wrong attention. I think it's fair to trim some excessively rewarded posts to spread them out a bit, but I would hope people are left with what the real community gives them. Downvote trails can be an issue.

It looks like a lot of trending posts are not downvoted. I very rarely get on the top few pages.