# Featured Topics **URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topics/217580 **Category:** Theme component **Created:** [February 8, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topics/217580 "2022-02-08T21:38:36Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 8
### Author: ![Decorbuz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/decorbuz/32/235124_2.png) [@Decorbuz](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Decorbuz) #### Post date: [February 8, 2022, 11:36pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topics/217580/8 "2022-02-08T23:36:52Z")
> [@manuel](#): > > But that’s not a use case I will support with the component as such, as I believe it will need a custom layout anyways. Okay, that’s fair enough. 👍 I was looking to tie this #Customization > Theme component in with a concept that’s being worked on. > [@Using Discourse as a social media platform](https://meta.discourse.org/t/using-discourse-as-a-social-media-platform/202133): > > I’ve been pondering about this for a while now, but I’ve finally decided to get it off of my chest. Is Discourse customizable enough to be used as a proper (full-blown) social media platform? I’ve been dipping my toes into the world of start-ups lately. I have my own idea for a social network that combines the best of what brings people together online (more specifically, tech enthusiasts and people in the tech industry as a whole). While observing other social media platforms like Twitter and… Also, the “hot” category topic sorting option I mentioned earlier already (sort of) exists in the form of a #plugin:broken-plugin. > [@Discourse Hot Topics](https://meta.discourse.org/t/discourse-hot-topics/48215): > > information_source Discourse now features a /hot topic list in core that can be added to your top menu Repository: [GitHub - danskdynamit/discourse-hot-topics · GitHub](https://github.com/danskdynamit/discourse-hot-topics) This plugin creates a “Hot” sorting criteria and builds a custom topic list based on the result of the following formula: likes / ((hours since creation + 2) ^ gravity) Things to note: The default gravity multiplier is 1.5 but you can adjust this in the settings for the plugin. You can add “hot” to the list of menu items … --- _[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/featured-topics/217580)._