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    For me, if I see a question with a lot (over 3(?)) answers, I'll tend to look at every one and will usually find one or two deserving of a flag (LOO, NAA, etc.). What I've seen is about one flag-worthy answer for every 7 or 8 "good" (not flag-worthy, but not necessarily great) ones Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 16:31
  • @ColeJohnson FWIW my personal favorite is "active" view (so that I don't need to scroll over older posts that I already voted at). I sometimes switch to other views but this happens rarely and doesn't last long. I asked for stats to learn if there's majority preference Commented Mar 3, 2015 at 16:35
  • ...and frankly, I hope to find out that most votes and flags are cast by folks using different (default) order. :) That would mean I can worry less about a bunch of quality issues that are "amplified" by my (active) sort order Commented Mar 5, 2015 at 22:07
  • very closely related: How many users have changed their default Sort By? The difference with my question is that requested statistics is for plain number of users instead of number of votes / flags Commented Apr 6, 2015 at 14:00
  • My guess would be those seeking answers sort by vote, while those seeking to help maintain content sort by active or oldest. I will switch sort order sometimes depending on the question, but in general when seeking answers I prefer it sorted by vote. Commented Nov 30, 2015 at 16:18