What does the 'fire' icon at the left of some thread titles mean?

[Oeditpus Rex]

I know it means a "hot" thread, but what are the criteria for said hotness? :shrug:

[billyskank]

1. It means it's flamebait

;)

[KitchenWitch]

2. 50 posts in the thread.

[billyskank]

3. When I first joined DU

I thought that meant that the thread had bad language in it. Because the longest threads always tended to have the most bad language in them!

Turned out it was just a coincidence! Or not. :rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

4. What the fuck are you talking about?

:rofl:

[billyskank]

6. The little flaming icon next to the thread in the forum listing

:D

[Oeditpus Rex]

5. I didn't think it would be that simple

But on further review, it appears you are indeed correct. :thumbsup:

I figured it'd be something like X posts in an hour. :shrug:

Seems silly, too, since you can look at the post count. Kinda like having OPS as a baseball stat along with batting average and on-base percentage. Redundant.



Oh, well... with that mystery solved, I think I shall retire.