Whats the difference between 'Hot' discussions and the 'Top Rated' ones?

@aju007 (1460)
Thiruvananthapuram, India
February 4, 2016 12:29pm CST
While I was surfing tgrough the discussions here, I just tried out the Top rated section, which I usually dont use. I could find discussions with a lot of responses and likes there. Then I went to the Hot section and realised that the same posts are shown up there too. So my question is what is the difference between these sections? They shows the same discussions on both of them!
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
4 Feb 16
The 'top' one has the most likes and the 'hot' one has the most responses. Obviously the same post could be top of both categories, but it's not always the case.
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
Thanks for the answer. Now its clear for me, that what each sections show me!
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@cacay1 (83495)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Feb 16
@jaboUK, aw, hehehehe I thought the same,lol.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
4 Feb 16
Never bother too much.Never make either one.
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
Just curious to know what difference does it make and got my answer, lol
@owlwings (43910)
• Cambridge, England
4 Feb 16
The 'Hot' category lists recent discussions with the most activity/responses. The 'Top Rated' category lists recent discussions by the highest number of 'likes'. Because a discussion with a lot of responses tends to also have a high number of 'likes', both of these lists are very similar, if not quite identical. The 'Interesting' list, by the way, is driven by the tags you yourself have used in your discussions, so individuals are likely to see very different listings on that page. 'Most Recent', 'New Users' and 'No Responses' should be fairly self-explanatory.
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
Thanks for the info. So 'likes' are the criteria for the Top rated section.
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@cacay1 (83495)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Feb 16
@owlwings, perfect explanation.
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@Bluedoll (16773)
• Canada
5 Feb 16
From what I see they recycle about every 24 hours fresh? Then drop all the ones that were previously in there?
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@cacay1 (83495)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Feb 16
They are the same, when one is hot,top rated.
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
@cacay1 Yes lol
@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
Yeah when it gets hot, it also get more likes and results in Top rated
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@cacay1 (83495)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
5 Feb 16
@aju007 , hehehehe top rated is hot,lol
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@JudyEv (340173)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Feb 16
I was pleased to read the answer below too as I didn't know the difference.
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
7 Feb 16
Its alright, thanks for reading the discussion
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
5 Feb 16
check the likes and responses :)
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
Yup, got it
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
5 Feb 16
I have no idea as I pay little attention to that.
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@aju007 (1460)
• Thiruvananthapuram, India
5 Feb 16
You will get an idea about it frim the responses here. Thanks for the response anyway
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@Lucky15 (37374)
• Philippines
5 Feb 16
check the likes and responses :)