test #god tag and "“This was the most incredible one,” Amedia said as he recounted how during a recent trip to ..." and "What should be the default sort of comments when you view a post with lots of comments?" and @mantra and @asdfasdf

I think chronological is best, just makes following the thread much easier. Particularly when a post evolves into a full conversation.

I like to be able to follow a conversation, so I like the latest on top and I can work through the conversation.

Update... thanks so much for the feedback. Wrote code to save whatever sort you do as a preference so that things are sorted that way until you change it again. Why compromise when you can have both?

I think the default should be newest at the top. For those of us who make posts it is easier to read new comments that way.

I think it would be a cool added feature to let a person click to show the most liked comments on a post. That way those who want to read the most liked comments can do so if they wish.

Newest Comment on top! It gives everyone fair opportunity to have their comments seen and without being weeded through other popular comments that have been around and are already being discussed. Most people have no problem looking through the older post to see what is out there and some just want to see what is the most current quickly.

I wouldn't mind the post with the most activity being on to and then just new posts in order under that. I wouldn't want to miss the top post as it could offer interactivity.

You have a tab for most liked so it should not be necessary to change the format.

Save the sort order in a cookie.

The content I have read on here generally seems to fork off based on the initial comment. I would say first generation comments should be sorted by "likes" or "length of thread"(number of comments+likes combined?), but within those the conversation should be treated chronologically

without the comments being in order you can loose comments that comment on a previous comment. Comments tend to build on each other in some casses

For the default, most liked or as some have suggested friends. You could have options to sort by 'likes' 'newest' and 'most controversial' the latter being the comment with the most replies.

I think to put our friends comments first , then the most liked comment , then the latest comment

Oldest to newest for the sake of continuity and collective discussion progression/evolution.