Yes, exactly, thank you for mentioning the links.
I use both of these components effectively. The first to give greater value to certain categories. The second to encourage people who visit my site frequently enough to sign up, even if they don’t necessarily understand the benefits of doing so.
I would prefer it to be a new component. I don’t see this as an option for the first component since its purpose is to act by category. And my suggestion is not by category, but for all categories based on the creation date of the topics. So it’s a very different basis. As for a possible option for the second component, I don’t think that’s a good idea either. Its purpose is not at all to act according to the creation date of the topics. For this reason, I suggest creating a new component.