It's not that sour, just browse as anonymous. I don't know that it destroys the threads, probably going too far, but I Just don't think it makes sense to have a conversation out of chronological order. I'll sample a couple selected best nodes.

• A wholly inadequate reply to an Anonymous Monk You are first to reply, listed first when I'm logged in, otherwise not.
• Interview Counterattack: "Show me a project-plan" You are first to reply with affirmative, positive, and optimist sentiment; otherwise, while not logged in the first reply is mild disagreement. This is actually pretty good example to find after checking less than 5 or so.

What do MOST logged in users do? How do you yourself order replies? If you prefer to read them in chronological order, and you being a discerning and rational person obviously prefer the best, then it would be a courtesy to extend that to visitors. Typically up-votes follow chronologically, so in a lot of cases it makes no difference. It's probably the most annoying for people very familiar with Perlmonks and don't log in because it's not convenient or quit logging in altogether.

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