Thank you for that info on how the top 5 is determined and the nature of how all/hot sorts...hottness. I understand it better now.
I did not state the sticky was in the top 5 due to being a sticky, just that it is in the top 5 and is also the sticky. I did not mean for it to be read that way, but noted it being the sticky as an identifier of that being the thread I was talking about being in the top 5.
It took months to fine tune the algorithm to adapt to the increase of user base (and thus votes). I believe 18 hours is a fair share of exposure before posts give a way for newer ones.
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