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Default sorting for topic lists changed to "activity"

Posted by Deimos
Tags: changelog

As discussed yesterday, since everyone seemed supportive, I've updated the default sorting for topic lists to "activity". I think we'll probably need to reconsider this as the site's traffic and posting volume continues increasing, but I think it's working really well as a default for now.

Hopefully the default will also be customizable on a per-group basis in the future (and/or allow people to set up their own "shortcuts" to certain groups with specific sortings).

7 comments

  1. Cleb
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    Thank you so much for this. Here's hoping for the customization in the future, but I think this is just fine now.

    Thank you so much for this. Here's hoping for the customization in the future, but I think this is just fine now.

    4 votes
  2. [3]
    tiz
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    A welcome change. Is there a possibility for a "activity" comment sort?

    A welcome change. Is there a possibility for a "activity" comment sort?

    3 votes
    1. [2]
      Deimos
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      I mean, it's probably possible, but I'm not sure exactly how it would work. Would a top-level comment move to the top whenever there's a reply anywhere "underneath" it?

      I mean, it's probably possible, but I'm not sure exactly how it would work. Would a top-level comment move to the top whenever there's a reply anywhere "underneath" it?

      3 votes
      1. tiz
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        I would say anywhere under it yeah.

        I would say anywhere under it yeah.

        1 vote
  3. [3]
    adamthephantump
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    I preferred recent as default. Making the activity tab default makes old posts rise to the top rather than opening users up to content as it's being posted.

    I preferred recent as default. Making the activity tab default makes old posts rise to the top rather than opening users up to content as it's being posted.

    1 vote
    1. [2]
      cfabbro
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      We have talked about this a bit and my suggestion was to reserve 4 slots at the top for new posts to give them some more exposure time and then have the mix take over under that. As volume...

      We have talked about this a bit and my suggestion was to reserve 4 slots at the top for new posts to give them some more exposure time and then have the mix take over under that. As volume increases I will be bringing this idea up again since I think you're right that the new submissions are likely to get rapidly buried under a mountain of new comment bumps.

      2 votes