Why are comments on older posts sorted by date, but comments on newer posts are sorted by top scoring?
The oldest posts were from before we had nested comments, so the comments there need to be in chronological order to make sense of the conversation.
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Why are comments on older posts sorted by date, but comments on newer posts are sorted by top scoring?
The oldest posts were from before we had nested comments, so the comments there need to be in chronological order to make sense of the conversation.