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Assuming using the web version: click on "sort: top stories" at the top right just under the post button. Change it to most recent, problem solved.

This doesn't seem to work correctly on iPhone though. Changing to top stories seems to get them in chronological order for some strange reason.

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Problem solved - temporarily. On Android and the web, my preference for most recent stories changes itself back to top stories on a not infrequent basis.

And it has been that way so long that I've started to doubt that it is just an unsolved bug.

Thanks! Had no idea.

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