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Always sort comments by top? (self.main)

submitted 2 years ago by subigo to c/main

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Maybe I'm blind, but is there a setting to change the default sort method for comments? It always defaults to "hot" and I want to default to "top". It's kind of annoying to have to click "top" every single time I open a comment section.

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[–] SteveDinn 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Never understood this on Reddit either… What’s the difference between “Top” and “Hot”?

[–] subigo 3 points 2 years ago

"Top" sorts by comments with the most upvotes. "Hot" are new comments that are receiving upvotes quickly (at least on Reddit).

[–] bionicjoey 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"Hot" has some time-weighting, while "Top" is strictly ordered by karma

[–] Undearius 4 points 2 years ago

The beauty of open-source. We can view the code that does it. "Hot" is basically just a ratio of votes over time with some weighted factors involved.

Rank = ScaleFactor * sign(Score) * log(1 + abs(Score)) / (Time + 2)^Gravity

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/blob/ecc9469a02e63eab4e19093007c7ba6db0dca079/migrations/2019-03-30-212058_create_post_view/up.sql#LL8C2-L8C2