Facebook's 'Sort Comments' Feature Gets Early Thumbs Up From Users

Facebook had a busy June that included rolling out Instagram video, introducing the option to add photos in comments, revamping pages' analytics dashboards and dealing with a software bug that exposed some users' contact information.

Pushed out of the limelight by those events was another update to Facebook's ever-changing commenting features: the ability to sort comments chronologically or by activity.

Only pages and select individuals currently have the new feature. However, more and more users, as well as their friends and the people they follow, are slowly getting access to the sorting capabilities. (See the options beside the number of likes in the photo, below).

So far, early users — including Mashable's page managers and people who receive many comments — have found sorting to be beneficial for quickly moderating real-time comments.

Previously, since the reply-to-comments feature became available in March, popular comments would surface to the top without the option to view them chronologically.

Should Facebook allow everyone to access this feature, soon? Or is it unnecessary? If you've tested the feature already, what do you like about it? Does it help you manage your page or profile more efficiently? Let us know in the comments, below.

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   1. The "Legs While Tanning" Pic

   Not sure when or where this started, but it has to run its course soon, right? RIGHT?

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   2. The "Constantly at the Beach" Update

   Is this guy ever not on a beach somewhere?

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   3. The Clichéd Coffee Pic

   We're sure it was delicious.

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   4. The Possible Alcoholic

   Each day, an earlier happy hour. Each day, more hashtags.

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   5. The Insomniac

   Other popular updates include, "It's light out, still not asleep," and "Well, guess I'm not sleeping tonight."

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   6. The "Just Caught Up on TV" Update

   We know what you're going through, but where were you six weeks ago when we needed you?

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   7. The "My Life Is Better Than Yours" Update

   You're in Paris eating waffles? That's great. I'm on the C train and a child just took my shoe.

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   8. The "Fed Up With the City" Update

   We get it! Sometimes people have rough days. But dude, it can't be that bad, can it?

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   9. The Arbitrary Date Countdown

   There are so many updates about July 22. WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING ON JULY 22.

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    10. The "Always Wishing It Were a Different Season" Person

    "Ugh, so sick of this snow. I need a beach."
    "Ugh, so sick of these leaves. Where'd you go, flowers?"
    "Ugh, my allergies are so bad from all this pollen."

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    11. The Beach Selfie

    You almost had us fooled with that camera angle, but we have you figured out. That's a selfie.

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    12. The "Constantly Having Phone Problems" Person

    Somebody get this man an old school Nokia and tie it to his forehead.

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    13. The "But It's So Nice Out" Update

    We know it's nice. Trust us, we know. If it makes you feel better, we're all inside.

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    14. The Weather Screenshot

    You know what'd be nicer than this? A picture of literally anything else.

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    15. The "Hasn't Experienced Midterms Yet" Update

    This high school senior is in for a rude awakening.

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    16. The Cool Job Humblebrag

    While you were getting cozy with your celebrity friends, our office air conditioner broke.

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    17. The "Taking the Summer Off" Person

    Your freedom and constant supply of fresh fruit infuriates us while we sit in our cubicle, wasting away.

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    18. The "Way Too Much Information About Sunburn" Update

    Thanks for the news about your skin situation. Should I like this? What do I do with this?

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    19. The "Compliment Me, Please" Update

    No one ever asks to see our bathing suits.

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    20. The "Best Vacation of All Time" Update

    Sounds like you made a lot of new friends over there in that beautiful foreign country, huh? Cool. We ate an entire bag of Doritos.

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    21. The "Worst Flight in History" Update

    This will be followed by another eight statuses detailing the "vile, screaming children," the "disgusting inflight chips" and the lament over your airline not carrying SkyMall.

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    22. The Vacation Humblebrag

    #We #Dont #Appreciate #Your #Bragging #Selfies

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