Stories in Heat · 12:27am May 11th, 2021
What is up with the heat stat? And why, in particular, does The Thing in the Sub-Sub-Sub Basement, a cute but unremarkable story from five years ago with under 1K views featuring a niche pony and a nearly unknown one, always have one of my top heat ratings?
What secrets does the algorithm hold? What is the secret of this story’s enduring and weirdly consistent niche appeal?