Reddit removes sort by “Controversial” on comments ability

[admiralspoo]

https://old.reddit.com/r/WatchRedditDie/comments/jck7f6/reddit_quietly_removes_the_controversial_comment/

[aeternum]

Maybe they will replace it with an AI-powered option: "Show only comments that confirm my pre-existing worldview".

[quotemstr → aeternum]

Why would they bother with that project when mods are already so good at that job?

[TechBro8615]

Classic reddit. Sorting by controversial is the only way to read subs like r/politics.

Looks like old.reddit.com (and Apollo app) are unaffected, for now. Not sure if that sorting is done client side or server side?

[tmpz22 → TechBro8615]

Old reddit continues to degrade day by day, one day it will be unusable.

[jobigoud → tmpz22]

I haven't seen the difference... In what ways is it degrading?

[_a3nw → TechBro8615]

It has to be done server side considering reddit api doesn't show how many upvotes or downvotes comments get.

[eyeball]

How else are they going to suppress wrongthink.