Hot Posts

docs/basics/polkaverse/HotPosts.md

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+---
+id: hot-posts
+title: Hot Posts Algorithm
+description: Hot Posts on PolkaVerse receive extra visibility after being frequently engaged with by users on the network.
+keywords: [Subsocial, PolkaVerse, Posts, Hot, Content, Algorithm, Polkadot]
+---
+
+PolkaVerse has a [Hot Posts](https://polkaverse.com/?tab=posts&type=hot&date=week) tab, 
+where users can see new posts that have received lots of engagement recently. 
+This serves as an avenue for lesser known creators to have access to more eyeballs if one of their posts performs exceptionally well.
+
+## The Algorithm
+
+The Hot Posts feed is based on the Normalized Ranked Posts List, which is determined from the Original Ranked Posts List. Let's look at each of these.
+
+### The Original Ranked Posts List
+
+When a new post is created, it is added to the list with an initial value based on how many SUB the post creator has locked. 
+
+When a post is liked, it receives 5 points, and when high quality comments (those that make it past the spam filter) are created on a post, 
+the post receives 20 points.
+
+The rewards that a post earns also increase its rating.
+
+At the end of the day, the scores of every post in the Original Ranked Posts List, that were posted within the last week, are reduced by 10%. 
+This decay will cause older posts to slowly drop out of Hot Posts.
+
+The exact formulas used for the ranking calculations are subject to frequent change as the platforms develops, 
+which is why they are not listed here, as they may change frequently.
+
+### The Normalized Ranked Posts List
+
+In some situations, using only the Original Ranked Posts List could result in multiple posts from the same creator being shown together. 
+To avoid this, the Normalized Ranked Posts List is used.
+
+This list takes the Original Ranked Posts List and re-orders it so that posts from the same creator cannot be shown within 2-4 posts of each other. 
+The list regenerates every five minutes to keep it up-to-date with the latest Original Ranked Posts List.
+
+The Normalized Ranked Posts List is fed directly to the PolkaVerse UI to display on the [Hot Posts](https://polkaverse.com/?tab=posts&type=hot&date=week) tab.
+
+

sidebars.js

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       'basics/tokenomics/token-distribution',
       'basics/tokenomics/treasury',
     ],
+    PolkaVerse: [
+      'basics/polkaverse/hot-posts',
+    ],
   },
     'basics/content-staking/content-staking',
     'basics/faq/overview',