My memory tells me that there was a setting where one could delineate what number of posts were required to make a topic Hot. Of course I set that setting back when and can't be sure my memory is correct or not but... Before the upgrade to 4.7.19, a topic only went Hot after "x" number of replies (10 maybe?), within a certain time period. Now, every single thread that gets a reply becomes Hot (not sure that makes a topic hot, and which then, defeats the purpose of whether or not a topic is Hot). As I stated in my OP, now, it appears that the only way to set the Hot/Trending aspect is in a plan that is not within my plan anymore. So, while I may be wrong in my perception, it appears that the ability to determine how many posts make a topic Hot has been taken away from me.