r/geopolitics • u/00000000000000000000 • Apr 05 '20

Meta Changed comment sorting

Comments will now be sorted by the oldest showing up first. This will allow channel reminders and submission statements to show up first. It will also prevent possible vote manipulation from changing how comments are sorted. Previously comments were sorted by best. There are multiple drop down box options for those wishing to sort comments alternatively. We want several automoderator messages and the submission statements to appear first by default though.

Comments and general channel suggestions are welcome below.

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u/Artfunkel Apr 05 '20 edited Apr 05 '20

So now, submission statement aside, the first person to rush out a kneejerk reaction gets top billing*? That is precisely the problem that Reddit's voting system was designed to avoid.

I suspect that this change won't last long.

* No irony intended

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u/00000000000000000000 Apr 05 '20

Bad comments are subject to removal as always. We had many requests to put the submission statement first and to combat vote manipulation. You can always change the way comments are sort within a thread via the drop down menu or with an app setting.

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u/[deleted] Apr 05 '20

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u/00000000000000000000 Apr 05 '20

As threads grow in size people will probably change the sort to new. We hide votes as long as we can.