70s Rep Circle Jerk in the Trending & Hot Categories? (Or Lord of the HF20)

Is it me, or have the Trending and Hot categories on Steemit become completely ruled by the SP and high reputation elite?

It's like after Hardfork 20 all the whales took over Steemit like the children in the Lord of the Flies, dancing around their captured prize in the night, like wild beasts celebrating their victory around their island bonfire.