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As if you needed more reasons to not use Reddit, the mobile app now prioritizes newer and more controversial comments even when you’ve sorted by Best. Light on specifics, it has been noticed by others and a change was confirmed here: www.reddit.com/r/bugs/s/w1H...

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Joey Bleau

@jbleau.dev

I only found this out because I was noticing this over the course of the last few days and so searched for threads discussing it. I am constantly seeing (at the top) lowscore comments with absolute shit takes and a ton of comments arguing with the poster. It feels like typical engagement bait trash.

13/10/26, 6:10 am0 reposts0 likes

Joey Bleau

@jbleau.dev

Seems this is not (very) new. But it was sometime in the last six months. Maybe I’m only noticing it becausd I recently cycled my account. www.reddit.com/r/help/s/ATs... www.reddit.com/r/NoStupidQu... www.reddit.com/r/help/s/ji6...

reddit.comFrom the help community on Reddit: Did the ordering change for comments recently? Recently, it seems like the first few comments on every post I view all have a score that is negative or single-digits...Explore this post and more from the help community