Comment by apnorton
4 years ago
There are three buttons that act as sorting directions at the top of the answers section: "Votes," "Oldest," and "Active." The "Active" option sorts by most recently modified, which is _usually_ what you'd want instead of strictly newest. (i.e. an edit would update the timestamp, making that answer have a more recent activity date)
So, I guess the answer to your question of "why can't I" is "good news! you can" :)
Well, none of those options do what I want.
More often than not, sorting by "Active", "Oldest" and "Votes" usually surface the same 2 or 3 answers, and I still need to scroll down to the bottom to find out the most recently posted answer that has more up to date info.
I don't see why I shouldn't have the choice to sort by "Reverse Oldest" if you will, when it's so useful a lot of the time.