Hi,
I have contacted MNHQ off the board about this, but the first response skirted around the question without answering it, and my second email has been ignored, so I thought I would ask here in the hopes it's less likely to be ignored (though looking around shows that to probably not be the case!)
Last night, a thread was hidden from Active and Trending Now. The thread had deviated from its initial topic, but was very, very active and had not - at that stage - been commented on by a member of MNHQ.
The thread in question has now been deleted, but it was hidden from easy viewing far, far before that, so saying that threads which are going to be deleted won't show on these lists is not relevant.
For what reasons might a thread be hidden from these lists, and for which reason was this particular thread hidden?