Thanks for the education. I wish I knew programming to have an intelligent conversation about the algorithm.

I do not recall which front end used hot algorithm first. Without knowing how the code works I cannot tell you what a better option would be. My experience has been that hot algorithm provided a better search experience for content outside of my personal follow list.

Name ideas to replace hot: engaged, tagged, boosted, suggested, recommended, popular, moments.

Whatever it is called and algorithm tweaked. Something other than trending and new (I would make the new algorithm default) would be great for me as nd I am sure would look better for new users/potential users.