What makes a post interesting anyway?
@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
Perth, Australia
September 13, 2016 12:35pm CST
I'm still a little confuzzled on why certain posts get stuck on "Interesting Discussions" when not much is going on with it.
Don't get me wrong! I'm not saying that anyone's posts shouldn't be there because everyone does post interesting topics. I just don't understand what makes it go to that part when little to no people have responded to it.
Actually, I am still a little confuzzled on the difference between the "Top Rated Discussions" and "Hot Discussions."
Is Top Rated meaning the amount of Likes? And Hot meaning the responses? 
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
13 Sep 16
Interesting is related to the tags you have used so should be different for everyone.
Top rated is amount of likes in proportion to amount of responses but is often very similar to the hot list.
Hot is amount of responses and activity.
That's my understanding anyway.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
13 Sep 16
@JolietJake I was going to tag you but thought you'd get here at some stage.
I did think that but decided to add activity and responses just to be on the safe side
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
13 Sep 16
@JolietJake Excuse me having the temerity to disagree with you. When the site was changed a few months ago I wrote down what myLotBugs wrote about it - it may even have been on one of your own discussions.
Anyway, you were right about the Top Rated - they are based on the number of likes in the previous 24 hours.
However, Bugs said ''The Hot Discussions list is based on the most responses within the last 24 hours, regardless of when they were posted''.
@Mike197602 @VivaLaDani13 - you may find this of interest.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
13 Sep 16
@jaboUK so it's purely responses on the hot list...I never visit that area so don't really know but I thought it was either responses or activity or a combination.
It is of interest to me in a factual way but as I never get to the top of that list I'm not bothered
I seem to get responses over quite a few days rather than 24 hours.
I seem to get responses over quite a few days rather than 24 hours.4 people like this
@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@5thHouse I never got a chance to see Bubblews. I wish I could have seen because so many MyLotters talk about it.
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@Mike197602 (15505)
• United Kingdom
13 Sep 16
Interesting is related to tags you use on your posts.
That's why they should be at least of some interest as they share tags...another reason why it's a good idea to use tags in the right way.
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@sishy7 (27167)
• Australia
13 Sep 16
'Interesting' list is based on tags that we find 'interesting' thus we use often. Everyone 'Interesting' list is different.
'Top Rated' list is based on number of 'Likes'. It consists of all discussions posted within 24 hours.
'Hot' discussions look to me as ones that are interacted the most (liked/responded/commented).
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@sishy7 Thank you very much for clearing that up for me!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@jaboUK No worries. Thank you for answering!
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
10 Feb 19
@VivaLaDani13 must be afternoon there?
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
11 Feb 19
@amadeo It was around 10pm when I was going through this post last night. 
@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
14 Sep 16
I am not sure about the specifics though other myLot members have confirmed it. I just read all of it.
You know what is the moral of the story? 
Add a tag in your posts whenever you do one and use that tag related to the type of posts you want to see in "Interesting Discussions"
Add a tag in your posts whenever you do one and use that tag related to the type of posts you want to see in "Interesting Discussions"4 people like this
@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
13 Sep 16
I have no clue how posts get into those categories either. I just checked and mine is in the interesting discussions.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
13 Sep 16
I have not the slightest clue but I'm learning from the others who responded, I rarely start a discussion contented with responding and commenting. Good question
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@louievill haha no worries at all! Thank you for stopping by here though!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@skysnap lol aww! Hopefully you can get some of your posts to take off!
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@Daljinder (23236)
• Bangalore, India
15 Jan 17
@skysnap That's because you expect it fly without wings or fuel or engineering or magic or whatever is needed for flying. 
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@Shiva49 I am glad you have a better idea now too. Thanks Siva!
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@Shiva49 (26681)
• Singapore
10 Feb 19
@VivaLaDani13 Even if I use tags, most of my discussions do not feature in Interesting Discussions.
There should be more to it than using tags - sivs
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@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
18 Sep 16
I think it is the more likes or people mentioning your discussion in the comment.
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@CoolPeace (1566)
• Miami, Florida
18 Sep 16
I just think it is good to write what you might think that interest others and also what you feel and want to share.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60794)
• Perth, Australia
10 Feb 19
@CoolPeace I totally agree with you!
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