# Waze Forum sorts by "Author" byDefaultForNon-RegisteredUsers
**URL:** https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230
**Category:** Community Issues And Requests
**Created:** [July 30, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230 "2014-07-30T06:26:22Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@paspos](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/paspos)
#### Post date: [July 30, 2014, 6:26am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230/1 "2014-07-30T06:26:22Z")
Sending to non-registered users, a link to posted topics in Waze Forum WebSite:
[https://www.waze.com/forum/](https://www.waze.com/forum/)
Shows, by default, entries “sorted by Authors” on “GOOGLE-CHROME”
(Version 36.0.1985.125) under (Ubuntu 14.04 64bits)
using an INCOGNITO WINDOW (to see what a non registered user would see):
Note: Sorted by “Author Ascending”
Shouldn’t it be defaulted to “Post time” for non registered users ???
Same behavior with “FIREFOX”
(Version: 31.0 Mozilla Firefox for Ubuntu canonical - 1.0) under same (Ubuntu 14.04 64bits)
using an PRIVATE WINDOW (to see what a non registered user would see):
Note: Sorted by “Author Ascending”
Shouldn’t it be defaulted to “Post time” for non registered users ???
It could be an issue with [phpBB](http://www.phpbb.com/)
or some configuration changes for new/existing users “default” settings:
[https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2109248](https://www.phpbb.com/community/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=2109248)
According to the my “User Control Panel” on Waze Forum:
[https://www.waze.com/forum/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=view](https://www.waze.com/forum/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=view)
My personal Display Default Settings were “Already” (by Default) set to Ordered by “Post time” “Ascending”… I did not have to change the settings…
Maybe Waze Forum site Administrator could find a way to set this default not only for new users, but ALSO to the anonymous"non-registered" account ???
see:
[https://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/adminguide/acp\_users.php](https://www.phpbb.com/support/documentation/3.0/adminguide/acp_users.php)
> [@](#):
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> If you want to manage the information and settings for the Anonymous user (any visitor who is not logged in is set as the Anonymous user), check the checkbox labeled “SELECT ANONYMOUS USER”. Once you have selected a user, click SUBMIT.
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### Author:  [@bart99gt](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/bart99gt)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2014, 11:40am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230/2 "2014-08-18T11:40:36Z")
I agree, there’s no sense in sorting that way. Every other forum I’ve ever visited always sorts by most recent posts, regardless if you’re registered/logged into the forum.
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### Author:  [@DwarfLord](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/DwarfLord)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230/3 "2014-09-12T00:47:17Z")
This is sometimes an issue for me as well. When I get a Waze email saying “new post” with a link to a forum thread, I had better be logged in via the browser linked to my email client, or the link might take me to the boondocks of the thread and not anywhere near the new post. Grrr! I’d love to see this setting modified.
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### Author:  [@dontmapmebro](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/dontmapmebro)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230/4 "2014-10-22T16:33:23Z")
Thanks for tracking this down. I was just coming to this forum to report that the forums load all wonky when I’m not logged in, but I hadn’t noticed that it was because of the sort.
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### Author:  [@dontmapmebro](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/dontmapmebro)
#### Post date: [October 22, 2014, 4:40pm UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230/5 "2014-10-22T16:40:57Z")
It’s even worse than I had first realized. Not only is sort by author default, but it you change it to sort by post date it changes back to sort by author every time you change forums or view a post. You have to manually change it every single time you click a link in a Waze forum.
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### Author:  [@tonestertm](https://www.waze.com/discuss/u/tonestertm)
#### Post date: [December 9, 2014, 8:39am UTC](https://www.waze.com/discuss/t/waze-forum-sorts-by-author-bydefaultfornon-registeredusers/207230/6 "2014-12-09T08:39:19Z")
Yep, been grousing about this for probably a year, maybe more. I think we just need to pin down a board moderator and ask them to flip the switch–from what I’ve read in trying to learn about the issue, there shouldn’t be any scripts involved.