Are You and Your myLot Posts Interesting, Hot or Indifferent (Don't Forget Top Rated)
@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
United States
December 21, 2015 10:27am CST
MyLot is a fun site to use. However, at times it seems hard to be considered interesting, hot and/or top rated. It seems that even when I post discussions that have a lot of engagement, I often can't find them on the interesting, hot and/or top rated lists.
Does myLot consider your and your posts interesting, hot and/or top rated? If so, which do you prefer? If not, which would you prefer?
Edited to add "top rated" in the the title and in the content.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
21 Dec 15
The hot discussions are those which have the most activity within the first 24 hours of posting and thatlist is automated. I have still to understand what/who decides an interesting discussion and some in that list are not at all interesting to me.
Mine fit all three of your categories on different days and times of posting (which count too). If yuopost bearing in mind when your friends are here and remembering time zones too, you might have different results.
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
21 Dec 15
@mysdianait good points. It does seem though that some posters have more interaction on their posts than ones on that list.
Theses lists also show a count of current likes and responses on posts, but not comments. I wonder if comments are not valued as criteria for making these lists.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
21 Dec 15
@HanVanMeegerin Comments certainly seem to count in making a discussion hot. I have seen some with few responses but many comments which, I presume, keeps them heated enough to be hot 
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@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
21 Dec 15
@mysdianait I wonder if they are, because their totals are not noted like responses and likes on the respective lists.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 15
The top and hot are purely on figures. The top ones have the most likes, the hot the most responses during the previous 24 hrs. Of course the same post can appear in both lists.
The interesting is supposed to be rated on your interests and your tags, but that one is a bit hard to figure.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
21 Dec 15
@HanVanMeegerin That I can't answer - it does seem a bit illogical. As you say, it's the comments which show how much discussion has been generated.
@HanVanMeegerin (1161)
• United States
21 Dec 15
@jaboUK you have solved the riddle. Do you think error occur? Why do you think that comments are not as valued as likes or responses? To me comments often provide a good measure as to whether a discussion has gained traction with a lot of interaction.
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I am just happy to have found some like-minded people where we can share and learn from each other here. 
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
21 Dec 15
It depends on the day for my posts. Some days they are on the lists you mentioned, other days not so much. I don't find much difference.
@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
26 Dec 15
I think at different times I have had all three. But on average I am just me!! There are different criteria for what makes a post fall into these categories.
@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
It doesn't matter to me what rating a post gets as long as there is interaction for it. The only advantage I can see of getting close to the top of the top rated is it might get even more. I've yet to figure out what makes a post hot except to say the rating sorter is computer made.
