Why are there 403,517 "hottest" questions? [duplicate]

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How are “Hot” Questions Selected?

If you click the `hottest` tab, you get:

hottest

If you click the `newest` tab, you get:

newest

So, what are the 2058 questions that are not hot?

Cool? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/4766/…
– Ladybug Killer
Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 15:54 — Ladybug Killer, Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 15:54
What's the flower for?
– random
Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 15:55 — random, Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 15:55
Disable your ad blocker and you will see, random ;)
– Ladybug Killer
Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 16:08 — Ladybug Killer, Commented Dec 6, 2009 at 16:08

Jeff Atwood · Accepted Answer · 2009-12-06 16:25:11Z

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This is normal -- the hot algorithm rules out posts below a certain vote threshold.

answered Dec 6, 2009 at 16:25

Jeff Atwood

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