Trending Posts
From Steem Center
A trending post is essentially a post with the highest payouts (for the post AND comments.)
This has been tweaked since moving to the 7 day payout with older posts naturally moving down the list so we don't see the same things all week.
See also:
Links:
- Steemit Trending Posts
- @sykochica : What's this Promoted tab? Should I use it?