kyledrake/neocities-web — pull request #9 by ColbyAley (2013-06-23 06:39:26+00:00)
Title: Change default ordering on /browse

There is one glaring problem with the current way sites are ordered on [/browse](http://neocities.org/browse). That is, the sites on the top will only become more popular over time, and will probably always stay on the top while new sites will have almost no chance at making the top.

So, let's question the purpose of the browse page. I feel that the page serves an important role of providing examples to new users looking for inspiration. But, **who's to say that the sites with the most hits are the best examples?** I'd even say that **there is no way to properly order the sites** without human input.

So maybe sometime Neocities will have a voting system where users can vote on the best, most creative sites as examples for new users. Until then, I think it's important that we move away from sorting the sites by hits. I propose that we should instead order the sites by the time they were created, descending. Newer sites will be at the top of the page. Not only will this give every site adequate exposure, but will motivate the new site creator to add content to their new site promptly, decreasing the number of "blank" sites.

Sure this isn't perfect, but it's better than ordering them by hits. I added a link that allows the user to resort back to ordering the sites by hits, but it's important to note that this isn't a default.