“Trending on Medium” — The Biggest Waste of Real Estate on the App

Am I the only one puzzled by this?

I have been around on Medium for long enough to understand most of the platform’s features and nuances despite the black box that it can be.

However, one feature that I still fail to comprehend is the list of stories under “Trending on Medium” on the homepage / search function on the app.

Here is the list showing as top 5 trending at the time of writing. A bunch of announcements, news items and a couple of…