option to sort the stories based on time posted about harmonic-hn

[SimonHalvdansson]

How would this differ from the "New Stories" sorting? This can be reached by clicking on the dropdown at the top (which by default says "Top Stories")

[priyavrat-misra]

So Top Stories sorted is New Stories?
I thought HN had different APIs for both.

[SimonHalvdansson]

I don't quite follow, depending on the selection in the dropdown we choose to use an API call that gives top stories or an API call that gives new stories.

[priyavrat-misra]

I meant to ask, will it be possible to sort the "Top Stories"?

[SimonHalvdansson]

Okay now I see what you mean. Because the submissions are loaded dynamically this would be unstable as the user scrolls. The current ordering is already a weighted average of score and engagement and I don't think there is a need for a different one.