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Meta Sorting answers by score appears to be broken

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 intuiti...

posted 3y ago by luap42‭  ·  edited 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2021-08-25T23:36:49Z (about 3 years ago)
  • 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](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/283346/283348#answer-283348))
  • 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](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277855))
  • 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.](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/283346/283348#answer-283348)) 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)).](https://meta.codidact.com/uploads/qfyTaZm6ej7rHMDngPzAjKhG)
  • 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](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277855))
#1: Initial revision by user avatar luap42‭ · 2021-08-23T21:24:34Z (about 3 years ago)
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](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/283346/283348#answer-283348))

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](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/277855))