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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (1258)	8/3/1999 8:28:00 PM
From: jbe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2340

Michelle, the Anthony@Pacific thread is on the Hot List right now! You are quite mistaken when you say that the Tokyo Mex, Jenna, and Anthony threads are never on the Hot List. They often are. And so far as I know, there has never been any rule barring any kind of thread from the Hot List. What may confuse people is that the "Hot" threads are not necessarily the most popular threads, or even the most posted to on any particular day. Threads that get onto the Hot List are those that are experiencing a sudden increase in posting volume, as opposed to the last seven days. That is why they are often completely new threads (posting volume was zero in the last seven days); or threads that are exploding in quarrels (e.g., Insanity), or threads on stocks experiencing a sudden rise or fall in price, etc. Some very popular threads, like the Drillers' Thread, never get on the Hot List because their volume remains fairly steady from day to day. The volume is consistently high, but it is consistent. It might make more sense to have two Hot Lists -- one for those threads with the largest absolute volume, and another for those experiencing a large posting increase. In any event, I personally am absolutely opposed to limiting the Hot List to "certain types" of threads. It is supposed to reflect what posters are actually interested in at any particular point in time, not what you or I might think they ought to be interested in. And, in particular, I don't think we are all interested in the question of "which stocks are moving." I, for one, prefer to lurk on (can't contribute much to) general threads, like Due Diligence, or Buffetology, threads from which I can actually learn something that might help me with my investing. Joan