I think this a real problem (tho I think it’s more fundamental than your hypothesis would suggest; we could check commenting behaviour in the 2000s as a comparison).
We have some explorations underway addressing related issues (like maybe the frontpage should be more recommender-y and show you good old posts, while the All Posts page is used for people who care a lot about recency). I don’t think we’ve concretely considered stuff that would show you good old posts with new comments, but that might well be worth exploring.
I think this a real problem (tho I think it’s more fundamental than your hypothesis would suggest; we could check commenting behaviour in the 2000s as a comparison).
We have some explorations underway addressing related issues (like maybe the frontpage should be more recommender-y and show you good old posts, while the All Posts page is used for people who care a lot about recency). I don’t think we’ve concretely considered stuff that would show you good old posts with new comments, but that might well be worth exploring.