User blog comment:Cristina7/Introducing Discussions, a New Platform For Engaging Your Community/@comment-417288-20160909231804/@comment-954127-20160910084654

The issue with the Trending option is it so far seems it doesn't. Upvoting shouldn't be important and most forums have a way to see recent that involve people actually replying taking it back to the top. In short active threads are to most forums the most important things, and a lively debate should be at the top. So change it so replies are the upvotes in the algorithm.