I'd like to propose the comments on the page be ordered by whether they formed a thread or not (people responded), length (word count, longer posts explain more

I'd like to propose the comments on the page be ordered by whether they formed a thread or not (people responded), length (word count, longer posts explain more, shorter posts speak to the experienced), alphabetical order of name of the poster (if you want to see if someone specific you liked posted), or whether or not they contain a URL. However, by default, the page should randomize the display of comments every time it's loaded in order to force people to view some viewpoints occasionally that they might not like. The reason I come here is to have my opinions and views challenged; this refines the metrics by which I judge reality and the viewpoints I consider valid and generally enriches my life. Google has become all about pushing a viewpoint. Go into google right now and start typing in "a", "b", "c"; first thing that comes up is large big-box retail chains. Used to be you could find fringe topics via major search engines, now everything lives in it's walled garden; giving corps the ability to control viewpoints like that is somewhere in-between suicide and genocide. You want people constantly debating and discussing topics and not forcing themselves into an orthodoxy because it forces the habitation of developing a personal scientific method which doubles as a BS detector and inoculation against agents of psychological warfare.