Hi folks, Any idea what the default comments sort order is, and if there’s a way to change it? Thanks and sorry if this was already answered somewhere…

  • @[email protected]
    9•2 years ago

    I believe the default sort type is “Active,” iirc, and you can change it in your profile settings (top-left hamburger menu, setting, then your profile settings; it’s one of the two drop-down menus)

    Edit: at least I’m pretty sure that applies to both posts and comments, although I realize now that I haven’t actually tested that assumption…

    Edit 2: This was wrong! I just tested it and it looks like the comments keep their same order regardless of what the drop down is set to! So actually, I have no idea! Sorry! FWIW it looks like the comments are sorted by recency.

    • @[email protected]OP
      2•2 years ago

      So that drop down controls both posts order and comments order?

      I guess that’s good enough /shrug

      Edit after @[email protected] Edit 2: well this is a bummer, I actually had a snicky suspicion that it’s by Recency which is the worst of the sorts

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 years ago

        Yeah I haven’t actually checked, I realized, I’ve just been assuming… Time for a quick experiment methinks!

        Edit: I was wrong! I just tested it and it looks like the comments keep their same order regardless of what the drop down is set to! So actually, I have no idea! Sorry! FWIW it looks like the comments are sorted by recency.

      • @[email protected]
        1•2 years ago

        Actually that only controls post order. I wish it controlled comment order to as i generally prefer seeing newest first