I've been studying how things seem to work around here, and I get the strong impression a lot of networking goes on behind the scenes, as the same people are the ones who are continually trending at the top of the list.

I'm not complaining by any means. I'm having a lovely experience here, and have been on the trending page a few times myself. I just notice the top trenders are almost always the same people, which makes me wonder about behind-the-scenes networking.