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Drago

Legendary Member
Just a query about the 'Trending Threads' malarkey on the home page.

A new thread with zero replies makes the list. However, an even newer thread that's already on its third page of repkies does not.

Is there an algorithm calculating what's trending, or does it simply pluck random threads out the ether? A daft, utterly inconsequential thing, but its really piqued my curiosity!

Cheers,

Bern.
 

Bonefish Blues

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You trying to be trendy again?
 

Bobby Mhor

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Rickshaw Phil

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It's something I've asked Shaun about in the past and it is an algorithm that looks at the number of views the thread is getting plus the frequency of those views, meaning that a new thread that is getting lots of hits can rise up the trending threads quite quickly.

It can sometimes get skewed if there is a keyword that the search engine bots like and keep coming back to look at.
 
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