One of the things that baffles me the most about SO is that I can't sort answers by _newest first_.
If I search for something related to javascript for example, I know there will be a ton of answers for older versions that I am most likely not interested in. However I can only sort by oldest first (related to date).
Old answers are definitely useful a lot of times, but the fact that there's not even the option to sort them the other way around tells me that SO somehow, at it's core, considers new answers less important.
A strange decision if you ask me, considering software changes so much over time.
If anyone has a possible explanation for this I'd love to hear it.
If I search for something related to javascript for example, I know there will be a ton of answers for older versions that I am most likely not interested in. However I can only sort by oldest first (related to date).
Old answers are definitely useful a lot of times, but the fact that there's not even the option to sort them the other way around tells me that SO somehow, at it's core, considers new answers less important.
A strange decision if you ask me, considering software changes so much over time.
If anyone has a possible explanation for this I'd love to hear it.