So, is it fair or not - hard to say what is fair. Someone with lots of SP will say it is fair that they get a bigger share because they invested more into the platform - be it money earned somewhere else or a growing account through lots of time spent on here.

While it is true that great content does get overlooked, actually often, and not so great stuff shows up in trending, there are ways to deal with that.

For example, I never look at the trending page since I assume that most people are there because they either started way back when and have a bunch of SP in their account and lots of followers who are intrigued with their wealth - or they are there because of bots.

Trending page does not equal quality. So, I don't bother.

If content doesn't get attention, it is up to the writer to start networking. Visiting other people's blogs, commenting and supporting, goes a long way to gaining visitors to their blog. the content is good - they stay.

Then, there are the communities who are there to support newcomers and each other. I feel to be successful here, one must do more than just publish their blog. Be a friend and others will do the same for you.