what makes a topic "popular"

what amount of posts in what amount of time makes a topic popular, or is it something else?

Sixteen posts or more, if I'm not mistaken.

Irish Chieftain wrote:Sixteen posts or more, if I'm not mistaken.

sixteen posts in one day? thanks

No, not all in one day...........16 total.

charlie6017 wrote:No, not all in one day...........16 total.

that is wrong. plenty of topics are "unpopular" with 16 posts

I believe it becomes popular when there is 3 or more pages.

No, some two page topics are popular. I think that is just because a topic has to get a lot of posts in a short time to get started up.

i think it is posts per day.. maybe 16???

otto, do you know? otherwise i am going to try it in the testing forum, and i'd rather avoid it as it could be considered against the rules and is not really in the spirit of rr.net. it could be seen as posting just to raise number of posts...

number of views... It's popular after i believe 100.

Does it really matter ? .I've never even noticed it on this forum .

i am going to have to say either when views=900 or when posts=somewhere in the 2 page range

As soon as you find out the answer, PLEASE E-MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY! I must know this information! It's been keeping us all up at night.

Eagerly waiting by the computer for your detailed report,

-otto-

p.s. - The light in the refrigerator really does go out when you close the door. Honest.

Otto Vondrak wrote:As soon as you find out the answer, PLEASE E-MAIL ME IMMEDIATELY! I must know this information! It's been keeping us all up at night.

Eagerly waiting by the computer for your detailed report,

-otto-

p.s. - The light in the refrigerator really does go out when you close the door. Honest.

hahaha...

no, i was just curious, and am done trying to figure this out...

I believe it is 25 replies for a topic to be "popular."

NO IT DOESN'T OTTO! IS MY REFRIGERATOR RUNNING? (looks out window):-D

It's views=100, or posts=15.