Determining what is an important topic is pretty subjective of course, and thematic in the sense that people favour reading one type of content over other. List such as the one in the OP can help to detect some very relevant threads, although maintaining it is subject to spending quite a bit of time browsing around.
Merits as we know is an indicator (but not an infallible one) of threads that might be interesting. Not all interesting threads are merited, or at least not necessarily in large amounts, but even so, those that are have probably got something on the edge for them.
To that effect, you may at some point use this:
https://public.tableau.com/shared/7SF7Q3DJD?:display_count=yes&:origin=viz_share_linkThe third column shown (Top Merited Thread Ranking) displays the top merited threads (sum of all merits awarded within the thread, to any post). The list is logically very extensive, but you can use the filters to:
- Delimit the timeframe (displays threads that have received within that timeframe). Just move the slider on the date filter, click on a date to use the calendar, or type over the date itself.
- Delimit the list to a specific section/subsection (i.e. Bitcoin Discussion only, Economics, etc.)
If you click on a thread title from the list, you’ll get a pop-up that takes you to the OP within the thread (follow the “Go to post within thread” link).
Note: Data as of Friday 06/09/2019 – should be updated this evening or tomorrow at some point with the inclusion of this week’s data.
