asked 2010-07-07 18:22:05 -0500

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updated 2010-07-09 14:08:10 -0500

What do you think, should "last updated" time record be updated when a new comment is added to question or answer?

If that field is updated, then most recently commented questions (or questions whose answers were rencently commented) will appear on the top in the default question listing. Is this a good thing?

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Are there still plans to implement this? It looks like posting a comment still does not count as "activity" on my hosted site.

todofixthis ( 2012-04-25 21:58:43 -0500 )edit

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answered 2011-06-26 04:10:03 -0500

mether

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I would say so but I am wondering if the same questions would always hog the top list and push away unanswered questions

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If this was a site option, I would be willing to try it out and see if it makes the community more vibrant. mether ( 2011-07-25 00:05:41 -0500 )edit

You can always select the "Unanswered" questions tab.

paulus_almighty ( 2012-04-30 17:14:55 -0500 )edit

Yes, because some questions have high "activity". And if I resurrect an old thread by commenting, there has been "activity" and it will appear on the frontpage. I can't do that under the current system.

Joseph ( 2012-07-14 03:28:28 -0500 )edit

Most OSQA sites are low activity, so showing as much activity as possible is important. For high activity site, there should be a "sort by coolness" or "sort by freshness" but doing that right is trickier.

Joseph ( 2012-07-14 03:30:19 -0500 )edit

answered 2011-09-26 23:28:33 -0500

sagarun
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updated 2011-09-26 23:29:04 -0500

I will work on this,

we can have a setting that says "recently commented on top"
If the settings is enabled, we can make the front page show recently commented questions first!

Any thoughts?

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That's fine, but there is a bug in the send_email_alerts management command, which will be sending alerts about changes in the comments, which you don't always want. Basically to make this feature - we need to rewrite the send_email_alerts management command, which is anyway very slow. It needs better algorighthm.

Evgeny ( 2011-09-27 07:48:12 -0500 )edit

answered 2012-04-30 14:41:19 -0500

luyu
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What do you think of adding new "Sort by" value called "comments" which would, when clicked on, sort questions by most (or least on second click) recently posted comments in them? This shouldn't change current behavior of sorting by activity.

It could also be mixed with solution @sagarun proposed, which would then serve as a mechanism for admins to choose whether sort by activity or comments would be site default. Option can be added in user profile too to change this setting on individual basis.

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