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Comments on Sorting answers by score appears to be broken

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Sorting answers by score appears to be broken

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https://software.codidact.com/posts/277536/278390?sort=score

At the point when I'm posting, the answer by Lundin has +14 score and the answer by dmckee‭ has +11 score. Neither has any down votes.

Yet when I sort by score, it doesn't show the answer with highest score first. Clicking on "score" doesn't help. The site appears to be sorting by activity still, or not sorting at all.

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posted over 3 years ago
3y ago by ArtOfCode‭
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This is both by design.

Lundin's example is an answer link, which intentionally puts the selected answer at the top of the answer list. Because we only have two answers here, this isn't as intuitive as with more answers. (Explanation with reasons.) To reduce confusion, we have now added a notice above the answer when it is shown out of order, like this:

You are accessing this answer with a direct link, so it's being shown above all other answers regardless of its score. You can (return to the normal view (that's a link)).

Monica's behavior is also by design. When you hover the voting blocks, you can see that all three posts have the exact same score (0.5). In these cases, the answers are sorted randomly (as proposed in and implemented upon this request)

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What about the score button? (3 comments)
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Lundin‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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When I click on the score button, I explicitly want to sort the answers by score. But it doesn't happen. If this is by design, then why is the button there, since it does nothing?

Moshi‭ wrote over 3 years ago · edited over 3 years ago
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Lundin‭ It doesn't do nothing, it puts the linked answer at the top and then sorts by score. It's only useless when there is only one other answer, but that's the same uselessness as when there is only one answer total in normal view.

luap42‭ wrote over 3 years ago
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We've added a banner above answers floating to the top informing you about the fact and containing a link to return to normal order, this should clear this confusion. Beyond that, Moshi‭ is correct.