Not sure what’s happening with the ranking algorithm, but it seems like the default main page is still displaying the same set of popular posts from a few days ago.
But if you switch to sorting by “Top Day,” it’ll show fresh popular posts from the past day.
That is for this! I was sorting by new and this is much better to see the active posts of the day.
I only just realized this! I figured Hot would be similar but it’s not. Thanks OP!!