I was wondering if anyone, or indeed @MNHQ could answer this one. Some threads seem to go into the top handful of trending threads and then remain there for a considerable time, days even, although the number of people posting on them has dwindled considerably.
The reason I'm asking is because I started a trivial thread on Friday about finding some chocolate hidden in a cupboard. I thought it would maybe get a few replies (if any) and that would be that. I'm completely baffled as to why the thread has been in Trending ever since.
Why in the world is my little thread still there after two whole days?
I've seen other random threads stay in trending for ages too, for no apparent reason. Is there some sort of weird algorithm that picks these things up and decides?