Shout out to our “new” browsing heros and heroines. Sorry about all the shit you’ve stepped in.
My default sort is new since a majority of the posts in my feed are news articles and I like to see them as they happen.
My other method is scaled so that I can make sure I see what’s rising/popular in a balanced way so that I also see the smaller communities contributions.
Depends on where I’m scrolling and how long.
In a specific community? Usually sorted by ‘new’.
‘Subscribed’/‘All’ feeds? Generally starting with ‘Hot’ then moving to ‘new’ if I start to run into a bunch of content I’ve already seen.
I recently switched to “new comments”. That ensures I get a healthy mix of new and old, and get to see as many different threads as I can.
New.
Hot, then Top 6 Hours, then Scaled.
