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What defines a “hot” thread? … as opposed to regular, garden variety thread?
 
Number of replies and not level of controversy as you were thinking Bill.:p
 
Darn it, Bill. There's no way we can turn this into a hot thread
when it's in the main forum! (twiddling thumbs, tapping fingers.....)
 
Pat Murphey said:
9 replies - try something harder! :popc:
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I’m not sure.

On my main Grumble page both “Search for Brass wire” and “I Need 24” cleat” have nine replies, but only the Brass wire thread is “’hot”.

And, it doesn’t seem that the length of time from the last reply has anything to do with it, either.

Okay, Pat, … want something harder? Ummm, … what is the capitol of Albania?

Maybe a thread is designated "hot" when Shayla posts a message on it? :party:
 
Bill Henry- said:
I’m not sure.

On my main Grumble page both “Search for Brass wire” and “I Need 24” cleat” have nine replies, but only the Brass wire thread is “’hot”.

And, it doesn’t seem that the length of time from the last reply has anything to do with it, either.

Okay, Pat, … want something harder? Ummm, … what is the capitol of Albania?

Maybe a thread is designated "hot" when Shayla posts a message on it? :party:
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My apologies, Bill, it's 150 views. And, Tirana, BTW.
 
Pat Murphey said:
My apologies, Bill, it's 150 views.
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I will give you a tentative, conditional, but skeptical, acceptance on that one, Pat. However, I’ll withhold a final “well done!” until I see a thread hit that magic number.

Mr. Know-It-All said:
And, Tirana, BTW.
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Okay, wise guy, what was Tirana named after? :D
 
Pat Murphey said:
I saw a thread with 145 views and looked at it 5 more times and, voila, it turned hot when it hit 150.
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Ah, ha! Now I don’t trust you one, tiny bit. You’re making it all up, I betcha. :p

On Warped, the “Creative Fit” thread it RED and has 15 replies and 96 views; “Awkward Pregnancy”, however, is 13 and 130, but is “regular”. So there!


Jose Tirana?:D
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Now, I know you're playing wid me. Everyone knows Tiranna was named after the capitol of Iceland.
 
Pat Murphey said:
I saw a thread with 145 views and looked at it 5 more times and, voila, it turned hot when it hit 150.
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Bill Henry- said:
On Warped, the “Creative Fit” thread it RED and has 15 replies and 96 views; “Awkward Pregnancy”, however, is 13 and 130, but is “regular”. So there!
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Maybe it depends on the forum. I just tried it on the Computer forum and it changed at 150 views.

That said, it seems like most threads are "hot". I think it would be better if the number was higher. "Hot" (if there's any need to know such a thing) would seem to me to have to apply to somewhere around 5-10% of active threads.
 
Bill Henry- said:
...Okay, wise guy, what was Tirana named after? :D
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There are a number of theories concerning the origin of the name:
  • from the word "Theranda", used by Greek and Latin sources to refer to the area, after the local term "te ranat", meaning fallen material, in reference to the composition of the terrain from hard earth carried down by water from the nearby mountains.
  • from "Tirkan", the name used by the sixth century Byzantine historian Procopius to refer to a castle, first built in the first century BC, on Mount Dajti, the ruins of which still stand.
  • from "tyros", the old Greek word for dairy, reflecting the fact that local shepherds gathered here to trade dairy products.
  • from "Tiras" whom the ancient Thracians worshipped. They named many places in the Thracian area after this god.
  • an often-repeated explanation, though ultimately fallacious, is that Tirana was so named by Sulejman Pasha after the Persian capital Tehran, to mark his conquest of Persia in the 17th century. This seems to be contradicted by the use of Tirana's name in its current form (il borgo di Tirana) appearing in a Venetian document of 1572.[3]
  • When Sulejman Pasha was at the location of what would become Tirana, he came across an elderly woman and asked her what she was doing. She replied, "Po tir an" (spinning silk).
  • from regional dialect of central Albania, the first version for Tiranë origin name is true, but not referring to fallen material, but to peoples. If we analyze the demographic movements of the population of the surrounding are, we will observe that the first inhabitants of the town (village at that time) are from the mountains around. In regional dialect always the displaced peoples from the mountains to the plain are called “Të rânë. That means peoples who have come down from the mountains. Still today the pronunciation “Tiranë” in the regional dialect is “Tirônë”.
  • there is another theory for the origin of name that is "tri ane". It means the three ways because the most important commercial ways, the ones that come from Shkodër, Berat and Durrës, of the time passed through the modern center of Tirana. That's why Sulejman Pasha built a moschea, a popular Turkish bathroom and a kind of hotel "han" for the caravans to rest.
  • :kaffeetrinker_2:
 
It's what I set it at. Currently the default was 150 views and 15 replies. Both have to be true to be HOT.

I could up that to 300 views and 30 replies if you prefer?

framer
 
I thought the "hot" designation was based on the looks of the people participating on the thread.
;) Rick

P.S. This is my first reply on the new software. On my browser (Safari) the Smilies icons at the right of the reply window are really tiny-looking compared to the way they used to be. Is there any way to make them any bigger, like the Post icons below?
Thanks.
 
UzZx32QU said:
Currently the default was 150 views and 15 replies. Both have to be true to be HOT.

I could up that to 300 views and 30 replies if you prefer?
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Personally I'd prefer there was no such thing as "hot", but 300/30 is far better than 150/15 IMO...
 
I...









...I've got nothing.
(Just trying to make this a hot thread. I'll put my shirt back on now.)
 
UzZx32QU said:
It's what I set it at. Currently the default was 150 views and 15 replies. Both have to be true to be HOT.

I could up that to 300 views and 30 replies if you prefer?

framer
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Nah, I don't care one way or the other. I was just wondering what the criteria is.:o

Bill Henry- said:
What defines a “hot” thread? … as opposed to regular, garden variety thread?
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blackiris said:
Anything the YOU post in of course sweetie! :D
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Oh, gag me with a spoon.
 
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