most activity on a thread seems to happen in the first 24 hours of posting it. the discussion tapers off beyond that. context: i read the "past" page every day

most activity on a thread seems to happen in the first 24 hours of posting it. the discussion tapers off beyond that. context: i read the "past" page every day, so often am several hours or over a day behind discourse. interstingly enough this post is still relatively new and was popular enough before midnight utc to show up in today's past page. i wonder how much positive feedback posts receive if they miss the initial window.