Please can list of threads default to being sorted by Recent Activity instead of by Newest Post?
Currently, threads in each Topic are sorted by Newest Post, which is actually a sort by Thread Start Date, i.e. Newest Thread, not Newest Post. This sort order therefore alerts us to when a new thread is created, but doesn't alert us to when an existing thread is updated which is, in most cases, at least as important.
Sorting by Recent Activity, however, does exactly what it says on the tin inasmuch as the thread containing the newest post gets listed first.
This is also how every other internet forum seems to work, since it offers the most effective way for a user to catch up on recent activity in fora.
Now, I know that the Recent Activity sort can already be manually selected, but I'm not sure why it isn't already the default sort order as I'm not sure who wouldn't want this as the default.
Can this be done?
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Official comment
From the Community Topics page... click the small downward chevron to show all posts. Click on Sort by newest post to change the sort order.
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Hi Tony
Many thanks.
Newest Post is the default sort order but it actually sorts threads in order of their creation date and not in order of the most recently updated threads. In short it shows Newest Thread, not Newest Post.
I therefore have have to change the sort order to Recent Activity to see what's actually happening in a topic.
Does this make sense?
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Can't help you there... it is a turn-key suite we use, of which The Community (ZD Guide) is just a piece of the puzzle.
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Ok. Understood.
Many thanks for the frankness.
It was just a thought, but far less important than your work on BluOS.
Is any documentation for the turn-key suite available in the public domain? Actually, I've just found some documentation. :)
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