MyLot's algorithm
By Colin Clyde
@cavalierscholar (205)
5 responses
@JolietJake (50190)
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12 Feb 17
Pretty simple really.
Interesting is based on tags you have used yourself, or discussions sharing tags from other discussions you have previously responded/commented to.
Top is based on the number of 'likes' a discussion receives during the first 24 hours it is posted.
Hot is based on the number of responses within the past 24 hours, no matter how old the discussion actually is.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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12 Feb 17
@marlina Nope, but I talk to them quite a bit, and I have actually been here longer than some of them...
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@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 17
JJ is right
The main confusion is around interesting discussions as a lot of people don't get the relevance of tags.
The main confusion is around interesting discussions as a lot of people don't get the relevance of tags.3 people like this
@Mike197602 (15511)
• United Kingdom
12 Feb 17
@JolietJake same here.
I know exactly what tags I use in my rare discussions but some of the discussions coming up in the interesting section were a bit of a mystery to me.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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12 Feb 17
It took me a bit when I was seeing some with tags I had never used myself...then I realized the correlation with discussions I had responded to as well
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@dpk262006 (58673)
• Delhi, India
13 Feb 17
I think by now you would have got answer to your query. I may add Herr that you may find some discussions which are common in 'top' and 'hot' categories.
@allknowing (146646)
• India
13 Feb 17
There are no answers found anywhere but there is a pattern followed that could be understood by a few veterans here particularly @JolietJake
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@KristenH (33518)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
13 Feb 17
Good question. I guess how many people respond to the topic of the discussion. 
