What constitutes a “highlighted” post on KF?

[ecto_chasm]

I went through a bunch trying to figure out a pattern as to why certain posts/comments/replies there have the highlighted tab on them but all I could find in common was they all seem to have at least 25 likes or other reactions. Is it just popular posts?

BTW I know I should probably post this in Kiwi Farms General but I don’t wanna derail the thread with a non-important question.

 

[polonium]

It's to do with how many stickers the post has. There's a minimum threshold I think, plus it's in relation to other posts on the page. The idea is to let people skim through to the posts most people engaged with, but it just encourages more sticker farming.

Reactions are the worst metric for how engaging a post with. People quoting and taking the time to think of a response would be much better but redditors gonna reddit.

 

[Crimson Fucker]

It's when Josh shoves a highlighter up his ass and decides what he is angry about for the day.

 

[Freedom]

I don't have evidence, but I've seen highlighted posts with very few reactions on them (for a short period of time). It most likely has to do with what they've already told you: the number of reactions, the ratio of them in comparison with other posts, but also the time/how fast they receive them might be another factor.

It sometimes works against its own purpose, since you may have a good, well written & informative post, but then "outranked" in reactions by another one that just states a slur, or how fat someone is (and how they would not have sex with it).

 

[𒂶𒃑𒄀𒄖𒄦𒅑𒆑]

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