What’s the difference between active and hot and how does sorting work in general? I sorted by active and all instances and my page reloads and the entire thing is three month old posts from lemmygrad. How exactly does this whole thing work?

  • @SteveEnglish
    18•2 years ago

    Here’s the documentation.

    When browsing the frontpage or a community, you can choose between the following sort types for posts:

    • Active (default): Calculates a rank based on the score and time of the latest comment, with decay over time
    • Hot: Like active, but uses time when the post was published
    • New: Shows most recent posts first
    • Old: Shows oldest posts first
    • Most Comments: Shows posts with highest number of comments first
    • New Comments: Bumps posts to the top when they receive a new reply analogous to the sorting of traditional forums
    • Top Day: Highest scoring posts during the last 24 hours
    • Top Week: Highest scoring posts during the last 7 days
    • Top Month: Highest scoring posts during the last 30 days
    • Top Year: Highest scoring posts during the last 12 months
    • Top All Time: Highest scoring posts during all time