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Change requirements for a hot topic - Q-Nova - 07-27-2021
It seems that in order for a topic to become classified as a hot/popular one, it needs to have more than a certain number of views (looks to be around a thousand). It's a rather small number, which leads to almost every topic set on fire, even if they only received few to no replies! In the phpBB forums (the forum software we used before our current one, MyBB) a hot topic must have more than a certain number of posts (I think it was at least 2 pages worth). I think it would work better if we made it work like in phpBB. Is that possible? I put up a poll to see what everybody thinks.
RE: Change requirements for a hot topic - GeneralGuy - 07-27-2021
Agreed. Posts are far more indicative of a hot topic than views are. Also, you can easily farm views to make something a hot topic, but you can't really farm posts at that rate or it would be considered spamming/flooding. Considering that Guests can also impact views and that posts are inherently outnumbered by views, choosing posts to constitute a hot topic would make them rarer and thus more meaningful.
RE: Change requirements for a hot topic - VinnyVideo - 07-27-2021
I 100% agree.
I just changed the setting so that hot topics now require 50 replies (the current number) OR 5,000 views (the old minimum was 1,000).
We can adjust this as needed.
RE: Change requirements for a hot topic - Vitiman - 07-27-2021
bless based VinnyVideo, always helping out behind the scenes
RE: Change requirements for a hot topic - Q-Nova - 07-27-2021
Ah, that's so much better! Thanks, @VinnyVideo, you rock!
RE: Change requirements for a hot topic - VinnyVideo - 07-28-2021
@Vitiman Aw, you are most welcome! Sometimes I still wave my Magic Tech Admin Wand!