This was an internal decision made. The most upvoted suggestions are still very easy to see if looked for but it is more important that new suggestions are at the top as the old ordering meant new suggestions were appearing towards the end and so were not getting enough attention to ever become popular suggestions.
This was an internal decision made. The most upvoted suggestions are still very easy to see if looked for but it is more important that new suggestions are at the top as the old ordering meant new suggestions were appearing towards the end and so were not getting enough attention to ever become popular suggestions.
No this change has no effect on that. When it comes to looking at the most popular suggestions we switch the sorting to most popular so we can see what is wanted the most just the same as before the change in ordering.
For additional context, New suggestions were being buried on page 3+, this change was made so all suggestions get their fair amount of attention. The page can still be sorted by votes and the dev team will still look at votes in order to determine popularity.