Sort options explained

Question

I have read the doc here but I'm quite confusing because I still don't understand the semantic behind each options. Would you like to detail the different options ?

• activity (default)
• votes
• creation
• featured
• hot
• week
• month

Answer 1

Here is a summary:

• activity - sort by recent activity (edits, answers, etc.) - when using order=desc the first questions will be the ones with the most recent activity.
• votes - sort by vote count - when using order=desc the first questions will be the ones with the highest score.
• creation - sort by the creation date of the question - when using order=desc the first questions will be the most recently created ones.
• featured - sort questions by the amount of time remaining on the bounty - when using order=desc the first questions will be the ones with the longest remaining time on the bounty.
• hot - this sort method is identical to the 'hot' tab on the main site - I'm not exactly sure how this sort method works.
• week - sorts questions by their score for the current week - I'm not exactly sure on the order
• month - sorts questions by their score for the current month - I'm not exactly sure on the order

So there you go - sorry that the details are a little sketchy in some places.