It's time to end “trending” on Twitter

Typical Verge article. A lot of personal opinion poised to upset or rally the reader.

The tending section is one of the core features of Twitter. It tells you what is trending and being discussed the most. If it's being exploited or manipulated, then they should work on solving that problem.

Sure it inspires craziness, but the real problem - in my opinion - the human tendency for tribalism. Removing the feature from the current day most popular site won't fix anything.