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Currently not so urgent, but it could be useful for future megathreads and

has the sorting options “Hot” and “Controversial” for both comments and posts.

For anyone who doesn't know it yet:

  • “Hot” means posts that are both very new and much upvoted, thus currently relevant.
  • “Top” means: Most upvoted, regardless of post age (except if shorter time range selected).
  • “Controversial” means: High number of both upvotes and downvotes. shows more recent posts with that criteria.
Currently not so urgent, but it could be useful for future megathreads and [extended-lifespan threads.](https://poal.co/s/IdeasForPoal/117259) [Reddit](#spoiler) has the sorting options *“Hot”* and *“Controversial”* for both comments and posts. ---- For anyone who doesn't know it yet: - ***“Hot”*** means posts that are both very new **and** much upvoted, thus currently relevant. - ***“Top”*** means: Most upvoted, regardless of post age (except if shorter time range selected). - ***“Controversial”*** means: High number of both upvotes **and** downvotes. [Reddit](#spoiler) shows **more recent** posts with that criteria.

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[–] • 2 pts

“Controversial” means: High number of both upvotes and downvotes.

There's a reason why there's no Controversial sorting: we don't use the downvote as a "I disagree" button.

[–] • 1 pt

we don't use the downvote as a "I disagree" button.

Ah yes. It's meant for spam.

But sorting comments by Hot should be considered as a feature in future, when Poal has more users and larger threads.

[–] • 2 pts

That's already planned. Poal will introduce new features when necessary.