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You would have to ask Jive for their method of determining the popular discussions (there is some background info at http://www.jivesoftware.com/jivespace/blogs/jivespace/2008/09/04/how-popularity-works-in-clearspace). Looking at that one, it might be because it has 2600+ page views. Even though there aren't a lot of replies, it is being clicked on more than many other discussions.
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Adam,
Just as with "beauty," different folk have different ideas of "popularity."
Back in high school, a particular young lady won "Most Popular Student." She was not a cheerleader, a majorette, on any drill team, was a bit plain looking by the standards of that day, belonged to several groups and organizations, that were considered "geeky," even in th '60s. Still, she had an inner glow and warmth that was beyond question. She was the ultimate choice for that award. I feel that by contemporary standards, she would not have even been allowed to be nominated. [Note that I do not feel that Jive is using any such criteria.]
I had never paid much attention to that "Popular Discussions" list in the past, as I tend to read all threads in the product fora, where I hang out, or will look for "answers," rather than some definition of "popularity." After this post, I will pay more attention to such things. Good question! 
Hunt
And this thread is going to make that count go even higher. 
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By their logic of equating views with popularity (instead of replies), someone could post an off topic spam post with an attractive or misleading title and it'd end up the "most popular" -- even if the title of the post had nothing to do with the content. Only the replies and actual conversation reflect the true popularity of a "discussion". So some irrelevant spam post, once on the most popular list, would get an even larger boost in views.
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