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Forums' comment ordering should be latest-to-oldest and not the other way around

A topic by FairytalesGamesDev created Apr 19, 2024 Views: 298 Replies: 10
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I tried searching for this feeedback, but did not find similar one. Am I the only one who thinks that the comments should be ordered by latest at the top? Just like in most forums.

Newest comments are on top. Is your itch comment section ordered differently?

Moderator

What do you mean? On forums, discussions are in chronological order. They're not comments. It's a conversation.

This screenshot is from the "Post 1 screenshot..." topic where I have to go to the last page to see the latest comments. Isnt it the same for you, guys?

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Ordering inside a thread is oldest to newest and this is so on all forums I know of.

What you refer to is a thread. Not a board.

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So what you actually talk about, you would like to see this tread made into a board. Like that one for example.

https://itch.io/board/10022/release-announcements

Although that one also has some kind of upvoting mechanism on top of being ordered by newest first.

I am not sure what kind of ordering are you talking about there, but yes, I would like to see posts in newest-to-oldest order, or at least have a sorting button that can do this.

that one also has some kind of upvoting mechanism on top of being ordered by newest first

Go to page 2 and higher, to see the lessening effect of the upvotes. I only cited that board, because the thread you posted was a thread about games. The board you posted this question, https://itch.io/board/580406/ideas-feedback is sorted by date of last post. Newest on top.

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It does not matter if we are talking about boards or threads or topics or messages, it would be cool if I could set a default ordering (newest-to-oldest, or oldest-to-neweset) that is applied to everything, regardless of votes and everything. When I open any page, I would like to see the newest contents without clicking on "last page" and/or scrolling through many thing that I already saw.

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Like these discussions! I have to scroll to the bottom to see the new comments.

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Yes, that's how it works on any forum. Topics are ordered from newest to oldest (weighted by upvotes where enabled). Posts inside a topic are ordered from oldest to newest, so you have to check the last page to see what was said recently. That way you can see at a glance which conversations have recent activity, then read each conversation in order.

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This might not look and read as you imagine it. But here, try it out. Either copy paste the middle in console of your browser or put the whole thing as the url of a bookmark and activate the bookmark on a page with a thread.

This is not recursive for replies, but you do not read lines from bottom to top either. And of course you still need to go to the last page of a lengthy thread.


javascript: (() => {
    const c = document.querySelector('.community_post_list_widget'); if (c) {
        [...c.children].forEach(n => c.prepend(n));
    };
})();

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Or simpler yet. Use a style addon like Stylus and apply for itch.io. You can probaly use that for replies somehow to reverse them too, if you use the proper selectors.

.community_post_list_widget {
    display: flex;
    flex-direction: column-reverse;
}