It would seem that an inflation adjustment for the trigger would be in order, since largely any post hits the exalted Hot status in just one or two days
Any thread having 150+ views or more than 15 replies will be marked as "hot"? Many users on the site recently and everyone rushing to view threads just takes the view count to 150 in a matter of few hours I guess
bphoward, is there a purpose for the numerous basically meaningless posts you've made like this one? It is the type of thing a spammer would do, so hopefully you can understand the concern.