<p>I'm seeing a tendency in this SE: the questions we land on the Hot Network Questions (HNQ) list tend to be closed (either as too broad or duplicates).</p>

<p>We know from Meta some details about HNQs, see:</p>

<ul>
<li><p><a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/60756/how-do-the-arbitrary-hotness-points-work-on-the-new-stack-exchange-home-page/61343#61343">How do the &quot;arbitrary hotness points&quot; work on the new Stack Exchange home page?</a></p></li>
<li><p><a href="https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/219922/what-is-the-goal-of-hot-network-questions">What is the Goal of &quot;Hot Network Questions&quot;?</a></p></li>
</ul>

<p>Basically, catching questions are more likely to land in the HNQs list than technical or intricate questions.</p>

<p>Also, the more a HNQ stay in the list, the more views it gathers (and this is a feedback mechanism, that's why some questions stay for days in the list). So it's a good mechanism to bring views (and new users) to a site.</p>

<p>Thing is, <em>closed questions are removed from the list</em>. Therefore we are loosing a bit of exposure having these questions closed (and having a question from a site penalizes other questions from the same site incrementally).</p>

<p>Is there something we can do to take advantage of HNQs to help the site prosper? Or is this just one more detail that applies specifically to the CV community?</p>
