Whoah, new comment sorting?

[aston]

I noticed this on http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42317. It looks like top-level comments aren't being sorted outright by score. Porque no?

[twism]

i thought they've always been sorted by popularity (the score per time elasped)

[aston → twism]

I guess you could be right. Odd that I just noticed it today. I guess most threads don't have enough comments to make it obvious, and as time passes the time element fades to no effect.

[pg]

Nothing has changed.