What is the difference between interesting discussions, hot discussions and top rated discussions
By Pitstop
@pitstop (13018)
India
5 responses
@sabtraversa (12855)
• Italy
14 Sep 17
Interesting - same tags as those you use in your discussions.
Probably the tags of discussions you respond to as well.
Hot - With the highest amount of responses AND comments to responses.
Top Rated - With the highest amount of likes.
The top discussions "expire" after 24 hours.
You can find all discussions there, but they're in order from the most productive/relevant to the least.
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@sabtraversa (12855)
• Italy
14 Sep 17
@pitstop Experience. 
I noticed the same patterns over and over.
This question was also asked before, a while ago as far as I remember.
I noticed the same patterns over and over.
This question was also asked before, a while ago as far as I remember.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
14 Sep 17
This is the description I wrote some time ago based on information from the owner of myLot:
"Interesting" is "populated with posts based upon the tags you've used on myLot" (thanks to a Private Message from "myLot_ContactUs" for that!). If you are a new user or have not tagged your posts, the results are likely to be unpredictable. If you do not use tags in a sensible and responsible manner, then you are probably not getting the best out of MyLot.
"Hot" is similarly difficult to define. The official description (slightly modified so that non-programmers can understand it) is that it is ordered by the number of responses a post has had (most at the top), then by the date it was created on - (with the most recent first). It probably only includes posts from the last 24 hours as well.
"Top Rated" lists those topics which have received the most "Likes" overall;
"Most Recent" lists the topics which have been posted most recently;
"New User" lists topics posted by those who have joined most recently and
"No Responses" lists topics which have not yet been responded to.
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@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
14 Sep 17
@JolietJake I was going to edit that "probably" to clarify that it was recent activity which is one deciding factor. I agree that a discussion which is ancient but suddenly receives a lot of activity (which can happen but doesn't very often) may appear in the list.
@owlwings (43915)
• Cambridge, England
14 Sep 17
@JolietJake That's certainly the way that "Interesting" would, ideally, work in the event a user has entered no tags. How feasible that would be to program, however, I don't know. I can only base my information on what I was told by Bugsy, however.
@responsiveme (22926)
• India
14 Sep 17
No idea...Except top discussions are those that get lots and lots of comments
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@balkarsingh (66)
• Jaipur, India
14 Sep 17
Interesting - tags you use in discussions.
Hot - the highest amount of responses or comments
Top Rated r highest amount of likes.
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