The discussion revolves around adding a ‘Hot Topic’ or ‘Breaking News’ feature to highlight important posts. samp_one suggests a visual element to create excitement, noting that while pinning and latest topics help, a dedicated feature would be more engaging. merefield proposes using a specific tag, referencing a guide on coloring tags. Jagster warns that tags can become cluttered if not managed, advocating for a time-limited system to keep content fresh. They also suggest using background colors or even a carousel-like display to separate such posts, emphasizing the need for better organization and space management. samp_one agrees with the idea of a timer-based system, highlighting the importance of timely and effective announcements.
Why not just use a specific Tag and format it?, e.g. like they are done here:
Stylish tags doesn’t work — and mostly because of lazy admins and content creators 
They don’t clean breaking news!!!111!1!! tags and quite soon everything is polluted with old news advertizing breaking one.
And that’s why such tag/announcement must work under timer.
We have right now one active topic about mobiles. Such tag or sketch of OP just doesn’t work. There is not enought space. Background color, perhaps. But hey… we have old netscape trick: blinking colors 
Perhaps if a breaking news type would be lifted on the top and keeped separately? A bit like what we can do with carousels?
Exactly this one is what I was referring to.
