Why is there no default option to sort by new submissions within a post?

1 pointsby FlowingWithGlow2 anni fa1 comments

Doesn't seem to facilitate discussion. Ol site, yadayda but not too hard to implement, so what's the rational?

I know there are custom plugins one could get.

Cheers.

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brudgers2 anni fa

I don't know the rationale. One guess is that sorting by "new" would provide more oxygen to heated commentors with a desire to express a strong opinion against all comers.

Or in general, making things a little harder is a feature not a bug that makes HN HN. I could be wrong. Good luck.