Figuring out a good order of posts in a thread is harder than I thought.
At each thread level:
1. Author replies
2. Author likes / zaps
3. User follows replies
4. User follows likes / zaps
5. Date (most recent first)
The only issue is that it becomes hard to figure out were the reply you are tracking went...
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Extending a bit:
1. Author replies
2. Author likes / zaps
3. User follows replies
4. User follows likes / zaps
5. Hashtag follows replies
6. Non-reported/hidden posts by Date of the last interaction (most recent of any leaf post first)
7. Reported by follow
8. Reported by author
9. Reported by user
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10. Hidden by anti-spam filter
11. Hidden by user
What about Reddit’s model of threading but then user can sort the threads however they want, by top voted (zapped?), recent, etc.