What is the difference between interesting discussions, hot discussions and top rated discussions
By Pitstop
@pitstop (15229)
Australia
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@owlwings (43902)
• 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 (43902)
• 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.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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14 Sep 17
@owlwings I had one do it about 6 months after I'd posted it...of course, it was one about earnings here, some 'newer' users found it and several hopped in it for a day or two
It can be a bit rough trying to 'simplify' explanations without losing some detail or confusing people unfamiliar with English.
I'm fairly sure "Interesting" also relies (in part) on discussions you have responded to, which is how someone that never tags their own writing has a list.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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14 Sep 17
Per Bugsy, "Hot" can be a discussion that is 11 years old if it suddenly becomes active enough. It is all discussions with the most responses within the past 24 hours.
If you look right now, a few discussions created on the 12th are above some from the 13th.
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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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@responsiveme (22925)
• India
14 Sep 17
No idea...Except top discussions are those that get lots and lots of comments
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