I think for yearly and monthly I prefer having the calendar dates. It feels like the more natural category to look for “the best post in 2016” instead of “the best post in the year that starts 4 years ago”.
If more people feel differently though, seems reasonable to maybe change it.
Yes, but “the best post of 2016” and “the best post of the last year-long period” are two different things I might want to see. “The best post in the year that starts 4 years ago” is, indeed, unlikely to be useful.
Mostly UI complexity. I’ve already heard some users report that the current set of sorting options is quite overwhelming, so I am hesitant to add a closely overlapping set of additional options.
Also just code complexity. Any additional sort option is a cause for bugs and keeping things simple is necessary with our relatively small team.
I think for yearly and monthly I prefer having the calendar dates. It feels like the more natural category to look for “the best post in 2016” instead of “the best post in the year that starts 4 years ago”.
If more people feel differently though, seems reasonable to maybe change it.
Yes, but “the best post of 2016” and “the best post of the last year-long period” are two different things I might want to see. “The best post in the year that starts 4 years ago” is, indeed, unlikely to be useful.
These are not mutually exclusive, so why not make both calendar and duration options available.
Mostly UI complexity. I’ve already heard some users report that the current set of sorting options is quite overwhelming, so I am hesitant to add a closely overlapping set of additional options.
Also just code complexity. Any additional sort option is a cause for bugs and keeping things simple is necessary with our relatively small team.