From 39dee5157a7238f147090c1e7ef30224ebc25e07 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thePR0M3TH3AN <53631862+PR0M3TH3AN@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 29 May 2026 09:09:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] New tab: sort by recency, not by trust tier
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Adam reported the latest design (a premium one) was showing up
about halfway down the New tab. The New-tab sort key was:

  (broken)  ||  (trust tier weight)  ||  (createdAt desc)

So a recent post from someone you don't follow ranked BELOW older
posts from people you do follow. That's the right behaviour for a
"Following" tab, not a "New" tab — users expect newest-first when
they click New.

Trust tier removed from the New-tab sort. Recency wins, with
broken-preview still as the only soft demotion so a wall of
missing images doesn't lead. The existing Trust dropdown on the
filter row is already there for users who want to scope to
follows / extended-follows; this change just stops it from being
silently the dominant sort.

Other tabs are unchanged: Popular still uses zap-total → reactions
→ trust → createdAt, Zapped uses zap-total → trust → createdAt,
Premium uses createdAt → unlock-min.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 <noreply@anthropic.com>
---
 src/index.html | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.html b/src/index.html
index 9e160cb..d64d921 100644
--- a/src/index.html
+++ b/src/index.html
@@ -20947,7 +20947,12 @@
         // "Mine" tab keeps everything because users want to see their own posts.
         if (tab !== 'Mine') rows = dedupByFingerprint(rows);
         if (tab === 'New') {
-          rows.sort((a, b) => (Number(isPreviewBroken(a)) - Number(isPreviewBroken(b))) || (TIER_WEIGHT[a.trust] - TIER_WEIGHT[b.trust]) || (b.createdAt - a.createdAt));
+          // "New" means newest first. Broken-image previews still sink to
+          // the bottom so the wall doesn't lead with junk, but trust tier
+          // is NOT a sort key on this tab — that's what the Trust filter
+          // dropdown is for. Use Popular if you want trust- and zap-
+          // weighted ranking.
+          rows.sort((a, b) => (Number(isPreviewBroken(a)) - Number(isPreviewBroken(b))) || (b.createdAt - a.createdAt));
         } else if (tab === 'Premium') {
           // Newest premium first; cheaper unlocks before pricier ones at the
           // same recency.