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16 questions linked to/from Please open the Hot Network Questions to auditing via the Data Explorer
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Now you can know if a question really hit the HNQ
I noticed this new addition. It is now stated in the revision history if a question has made it to the Hot Network Questions, example:
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Breaking the HNQ feedback loop on bad questions
The Hot Network Questions sidebar is a bit of a contentious issue, because it tends to promote questions that are often perceived as 'cheap', of relatively low quality, or on the fringes of topicality ...
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Limit the number of questions per site in the Hot Network Questions list
I was recently browsing through the Hot Network Questions and spotting a weird pattern with the frequency of the sites. So I decided to tally up the results and what I found was not reassuring. These ...
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Which sites appear most often in the Hot Network Questions list?
Is there any data about which Stack Exchange sites have their questions end up in the Hot Network Questions list the most? In particular:
What percentage of hot network questions comes from each site?...
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Add an audit log to record when particular question enters and leaves hot list [duplicate]
The Hot Network Questions page displays a constantly changing list of 100 questions, since it deals with time since recent activity.
But are changes in this list ever recorded anywhere for posterity (...
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Do moderators have the ability to pre-emptively remove questions from the HNQ?
I noticed that the question 'Isomorphism class of the zero module is not a set' on Mathematics SE was removed from the HNQ by a moderator, but curiously there is no entry in the timeline for when it ...
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robots.txt was changed to block saving hot questions page in Wayback Machine, why?
Until yesterday it was possible to save hot questions page in Wayback Machine as discussed eg here.
Today robots.txt appears to be changed to block this.
I wonder what could be reasons for such a ...
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What stats should I track in an HNQ list monitor?
This is a question for the community at large.
I've been fascinated by the HNQ list for a while now and this question has pushed me over the edge to create an HNQ list monitoring and logging tool (for ...
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Request for hot question vote statistics
Elsequestion it was said:
Guess what: if your site is full of crappy questions, your site sucks - even if they're not highly-ranked by your own users, folks are finding them via Google, and that's ...
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Statistics about least exposed sites in Hot Network Questions
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What is the impact of the recent changes to how Hot Network Questions work?
I am looking for some statistics about 30-50 least exposed sites (...
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How is the effectiveness of HNQs measured?
We're being asked to give feedback on what should be done with the Hot Network Questions list that's shown on the right-hand side of the screen. Ideas range from elaborate—relying on communities ...
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How do I view "Hot Network Question" history associated with a given account?
I have asked a lot of questions that made it to "Hot Network Question" list across multiple websites in the Stack Exchange Network, and I need a list of all questions posted by me that had ...
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Badge Request: Hotshot (Ask a Hot Network Question)
I would like to suggest a silver bronze badge which would be awarded for having a question featured as a Hot Network Question.
Currently there is no way of tracking a user's Hot Network Questions. ...
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Should we be notified if we make it onto HNQ?
I noticed earlier, after receiving the Popular Question badge for 1k views, that my question had made it onto the Hot Network Questions list, which is probably why it'd gained so much attention.
I ...
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Closed question on Hot Network Questions list
The question The list of every type of sound all instruments can make? on Music: Practice & Theory Stack Exchange was still on the Hot Network Questions list, despite being closed half an hour ago:...
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