Trending topics

How topics are chosen

1. A topic is a hashtag in a post or reply. Every spelling is the same topic: #EndSARS and #endsars count together.
2. Topics are ranked by how many different members used them in the last 7 days. Using a hashtag many times still counts as one member, so a few busy accounts cannot outrank many people.
3. A hashtag needs at least 3 different members to be listed, so nobody can make a topic trend alone.
4. When two topics have as many members, the one in more posts comes first, then the one used most recently.
5. Deleted posts, posts taken down by moderators and posts by suspended members do not count.
6. The list is the same for everyone. It does not depend on who you follow, block or mute, and nobody picks topics by hand. It is worked out again about once a minute.