# It’s unclear what determines topic order in category ‘Latest’ view

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-s-unclear-what-determines-topic-order-in-category-latest-view/395327
**Category:** UX
**Tags:** topic-voting
**Created:** [5 בפברואר,‏ 2026,‏ 9:37pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-s-unclear-what-determines-topic-order-in-category-latest-view/395327 "2026-02-05T21:37:11Z")
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### Author: ![Moin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/moin/32/554653_2.png) [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [5 בפברואר,‏ 2026,‏ 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/it-s-unclear-what-determines-topic-order-in-category-latest-view/395327/3 "2026-02-05T22:08:33Z")

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> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/0/8/e/08ee84375deb25257ca29049b6ec51f5637682c2.png)

This is kind of the default “homepage” of the category, isn’t it? When I select top, then I get

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/2/c/22c35da0859fd7356ab0f673576e66d3682382c6.png)  
where it’s quite obvious that this is /top and not /latest. If I want latest instead, I can use the nav bar to see latest instead.  
It also works with “votes”. It’s obvious that this is ordered by votes  
 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/9/c/f9c572dc99fd12c76c894706ae159f24ef800ac8.png)

What is confusing for me is when

> [@awesomerobot](#):
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> ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/2/4/e24050eafac6e23d33384b49a47dd52d73328b0b.png)

is changed, because that changes how /latest works without a visible indicator of what determines the order. I like [Custom Topic Sort Order Button](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-topic-sort-order-button/380530) because it makes all the order options available to users, so I can change the order to what I expected, even on mobile. If the current order was preselected, it would also work as an indicator to help me understand the current order.

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