Sort Discussions by Post Date

[cmuir]

In the new discussions, is there a way to sort by the date of the initial post in the thread?  Not by the date of the most recent post in the thread?  Appreciate any help.

[masantos]

Hello @cmuir 

If you select the discussion you want to view, you should be able to view the responses within that thread by the most recent post. When it come to sorting I believe only responses in the main thread can be sorted.

-MaryAnn

[cmuir]

@masantos, I appreciate you replying.  But what you describe is exactly what I don't want, and need to avoid, for the sort.  I need to be able to sort by the date of the original post of each thread.  Otherwise, the order of the threads in a discussion changes based on what has a most recent reply—I need them to always stay in the same order, so based on the initial, original post in each thread.  (And when I say "need", I'm talking about this as an accessibility issue.)

[stimme · Accepted solution]

@cmuir The Discussions/Announcements product manager indicated that the way sort works in the Redesign may be revised to match the original functionality in a blog post: Discussion Redesign Updates. Many commenters agreed with your point here that the sort should keep replies in chronological order. You might post a comment there saying that you hope they will make that change as soon as possible.

It has been almost six weeks since the product manager replied there, and she said that she would post when it is confirmed that they will return to or add this original sorting. But she has not posted confirmation yet.

[cmuir]

Thank you for this suggestion @stimme.  I just posted such a comment.