Here's the thing though: trends are a thing that only becomes useful at large volumes. They literally became a thing only an hour ago, since y'all barely use any hashtags it will take some time for actually useful trends to emerge.
The duality of Mastodon is that I get people asking me to never implement text search as well as people complaining that they cannot find things; people pushing hard for trending topics to be added as well as people adamantly against the idea that topics could trend in any sense of the word
@Gargron No matter what you do in life, someone will be mad. Just keep doing what you think works best and keep evaluating as you go. Its the only way to stay sane.