What is top and what is hot?

I think both are more or less the same thing. Discussions which go into the 'hot' category are quite often those, which are being responded again and again on a particular day. Top discussions includes those discussions, which mylot considers are worth giving attention by us. I have also observed that some of the discussions got repeated in both the category. The crux of the matter is that we should continue to remain glued to mylot through various categories of discussions.....LOL!

Hello my friend zandi458 Ji, I too am at a large to grasp chronological way of matching my way o arrive at exactly, what ways myLot follows to decide, but I think, if such discussions, which appear as 'top & hot' may be considered as beyound BR and given some more ratings by myLot in a ways to increase their rating, so that discussions will be more healthy. But I am very much impessed by your visualising the matter, as I do not find any much time ti devote on these matters. I am not able to completre respond and make comments,whatever are pending in my Alerts. I appriciate your way of doing myLotting. may God bess You and have a great time.

I really have no idea as I never check it to see.

i can still remember that the ones wchich get to the top discussion list are those which get fast 4 responses within just a few minutes after having been posted. since the rules may have been changed, what i know may no longer be that true. as for the timeframe, i may not be able to recall it right anymore but it seems like 30 minutes. i used to be very particular about learning this thing. now, though, i am no longer so anxious about it. it is easy to see why. i have been a long time absentee. this easily pinpoints for having forgotten the timeframe target. as for how a discussion gets to the hot criteria, i should say that even if a discussion did not manage to get to the top discussion list but picks up so many responses within the day, it deserves still to be given credit for having had caught the attention and the responses of so many mylotters, so it gets to the hot list. since what usually gets the most responses are also those which had fast pick up responses, this explains why most of us will see that what's in the top hit list can also be found in the hot list.

i don't have any idea how it works but as for me it seems to me what's hot is what's top...what you see on hot topics is what you see on top discussions..i can also see that those that got the highest number of response are those who's on top and hot...i also believe that if your discussion itself got rated it will be on the top discussion..i don't know if any of those i assume are true

i gues hot is the most well known topic and the top is the most who replied the discussions.

If yo refsh the opage every 15 minutes or so you'll notice those lists update giving all discussions a shot at the top lists. I've seen discussions with 0 responses make those loists. How they determine the ones in those lists is beyond me. The only thing I am sure of is the daily digest lists the top ten discussions according to amount of responses. That's the only certainty I know of as far as hot, top etc topicas. HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM GRANDPA BOB !!~

I honestly have no idea what the difference is between the two. I hope someone can explain it to us.