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(Disclaimer: my site) I definitely agree with this, and on Tildes (https://tildes.net https://tildes.net) the default sorting method causes topics to bump back

(Disclaimer: my site) I definitely agree with this, and on Tildes (https://tildes.net https://tildes.net) the default sorting method causes topics to bump back up to the top when there's a new comment on them, the same way forums work. We regularly have topics stay active for days or weeks because of it, and old topics will suddenly spring back to life when new discussions start. Tildes's mechanics have a lot of similarities to reddit/HN-style sites overall, and you can still choose to sort by votes, strictly chronologically, etc. if you prefer, but I've always liked that forum-style method. The heavily time-dependent approaches that are popular now force everyone to need to reply quickly. On HN and reddit, if you don't get involved in a thread in the first 12 hours or so, you might as well not bother because it'll disappear soon. Replying to anything over a day old means that almost nobody will ever see your comment. Tildes is still young so it's not extremely active yet, but there are usually a few hundred comments and ~50 topics every day. If you (or anyone else reading this) is interested in an invite, feel free to email me. The address and a lot more info about the site is in the announcement post: https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes https://blog.tildes.net/announcing-tildes

NeedMoreTea 7y ago
It's the cult of recency that even infects Google search. Last week's news can still be worth talking about, last year's fact might still be a fact. HN and reddit also has the tendency that a lively discussion will simply start to fade out once the story has dropped out of sight. Nice one, Tilde looks a really interesting mix. Votes are useful as a pre-filter in discovery, age the best way to organise discussion. I wish you the very best of luck with it! Bonus points for the dark theme option. From first impression it looks fit for beta - is there functionality still missing? I'll take a closer look over the weekend.
- Deimorz 7y ago
  It probably doesn't even really need to be called alpha/beta any more. It's very stable and has comparable or better features than most of the similar sites. There's a lot I still want to add, but there always will be.
Fjolsvith 7y ago
One thing I didn't like about Tildes was being banned without notice by the moderator.

NeedMoreTea 7y ago

It's the cult of recency that even infects Google search. Last week's news can still be worth talking about, last year's fact might still be a fact. HN and reddit also has the tendency that a lively discussion will simply start to fade out once the story has dropped out of sight. Nice one, Tilde looks a really interesting mix. Votes are useful as a pre-filter in discovery, age the best way to organise discussion. I wish you the very best of luck with it! Bonus points for the dark theme option. From first impression it looks fit for beta - is there functionality still missing? I'll take a closer look over the weekend.

Deimorz 7y ago
It probably doesn't even really need to be called alpha/beta any more. It's very stable and has comparable or better features than most of the similar sites. There's a lot I still want to add, but there always will be.

Fjolsvith 7y ago

One thing I didn't like about Tildes was being banned without notice by the moderator.