My idea:
A simple drop-down with an option to sort by
- Top merited posts
Should do the job <--- n00b thinks he can design system software, lol
No because Merit is scarce but quality posts are not as scarce.
And some people Merit shit which I think is idiotic. You presume we all think with one unified mind. Whereas, the natural state of humanity is to dissolve into warring tribes,
red versus
blue politics, countries in the World Cup, etc..
Also reordering the chronology of posts will make the discussion incoherent.
Decentralized moderation is the only possible solution I can think of that has the correct incentives and sufficient degrees-of-freedom.