I realize the trending content widget isn't meant to be latest content, but I think users see "old looking/odd looking" when the trending content widget shows (even legitimately) trending content where the last comment/reply/update was 15 years ago for example.
I think an option might be really useful here:
[x] limit trending to last reply within [365] days
An option to not display an item without a comment/reply within the last x-days even if it were trending based on views/reactions would make the trending widget look more "trending" on many forums.
(I realize it would then miss a 15-year old thread or photo that suddenly gets a lot of likes and is technically trending, in addition to old items brought up by residential proxy bot visit counts, but if not a single member has commented/replied with even a single reply/comment on that trending item in 365-days, I think that would be ok.)
I think an option might be really useful here:
[x] limit trending to last reply within [365] days
An option to not display an item without a comment/reply within the last x-days even if it were trending based on views/reactions would make the trending widget look more "trending" on many forums.
(I realize it would then miss a 15-year old thread or photo that suddenly gets a lot of likes and is technically trending, in addition to old items brought up by residential proxy bot visit counts, but if not a single member has commented/replied with even a single reply/comment on that trending item in 365-days, I think that would be ok.)
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