I've never seen the need for a "hot topic" icon - either we're talking about something or we aren't.
EDIT: Although... if the threshold is set to 295 or so, the icon would pop up when it's time for a new thread.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
EDIT: Although... if the threshold is set to 295 or so, the icon would pop up when it's time for a new thread.
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012