Add a toggle to reverse sortation of comments

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Kim Hoyer

Would be great as I would guess many like to see the most recent comments on a topics (vs. the oldest).

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  • Jordan Maddex

    Agreed - Podio team, are there any plans to add a sort field to comments so recent comments will display first? thanks!

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  • Sara Høeg Højlund-Rasmussen

    Hey guys, no plans at this point. We use the standard sorting as used by sites like Facebook etc.

    If we start to hear the request more often from more people we might consider to build the option :) Keep the votes coming!

    Cheers,
    Sara - Podio

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  • Ron van der Plas

    A vote for this because sometimes items get a lot of comments and it's a long way scrolling down.

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  • Kim Hoyer

    Hi Sara, I understand Facebook sorts this way as well. I see a lot of differences between facebook posts and Podio project/CRM posts. I know you guys are smart people at Podio...what I'm trying to understand is the specific logic behind why the Podio Development team thinks people want to know the oldest/most out of date posts first? I can't simply be that "Mark Zuckerberg thinks it is a good idea" can it? :-)

    So again, I'm open to an education here: why does the Podio team think it makes good business sense/project management/CRM sense to prioritize the most outdated commuication data over the new data in a Project management or CRM communications setting? For what is worth companies like Salesforce let you chose sortation order.

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  • Kim Hoyer

    Thanks Sara. I am not wanting to be a pain here (really). I am just trying to understand this from Podios point of view. Maybe there is something I'm missing. I'm still trying to get my head around why anyone would want prioritize the most outdated communication data over the new data in a Project management or CRM communications setting. There must be some good reasons...I just can't think of them. Anyone else?

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  • Jordan Maddex

    I have to second Kim's thoughts... especially when you are viewing a project and have to scroll down to see the most recent comment. For project management, tracking communications and interactions, seeing where someone left off - the most recent comments need to be seen at the top. Facebook commenting is a different universe - you are not tracking the linear progression of a single project, rather contributing your voice to some fluid conversation.

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  • Olivia Henley

    +1 - This was literally the very first thought I had when I saw the comments feature. Makes no sense to put oldest on top.

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  • Sara Høeg Højlund-Rasmussen

    We actually hide the oldest comments in the top automatically if you have more than a few comments so only the most recent comments will appear :)

    We might consider other options in the future but for now we have chosen the same behavior for everyone.

    Thanks for your feedback and input!

    //Sara - Podio

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  • Jacob Thorp

    This would be great. If we could have the option to reverse sort comments. I used TeamDynamix at my old job and it had newest up top. It was very intuitive. 

     

    Would love to see this feature integrated! Looks like it's only been sitting for 6 years, things take time I guess....

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