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Currently not so urgent, but it could be useful for future megathreads and extended-lifespan threads.

Reddit 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 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.