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How is the ordering of answers done?

in this question, there are 2 answers as I am writing this question. This answer having 40 votes is not on the top instead another answer having less votes.

How is the ordering of answers done?

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    How have you ordered them? There are three options (Active, Oldest, Votes). From trying the three, it looks like you have clicked on Active. Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 15:40
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    Yes, the 11 vote answer is more active by an entire 35 seconds :D Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 15:50
  • Great, how do you know of 35 seconds? Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 15:51
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    If you hover over any date/time on the site, you'll get the exact Zulu time it was posted. The most recent edit of the first answer occurred at xx:07:55 and the other answer was posted 35 seconds later at xx:08:30. or something like that. Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 15:55
  • ok, is it(active) as simple as comparing the time at which answers were posted? OR it includes other parameters like comments? Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 16:07
  • It includes edits to the answer yet not comments. (You can see the last time those happened from the time in the middle of the post, if there are any.) Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 16:08

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Click one of the other tabs to see a different sorting.

You probably want votes.

Note that a lower voted answer can still appear on top if the answer is accepted. An accepted answer is always the top one* - it's like a pinned tweet.

*A self-accepted answer is not pinned to the top

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    "An accepted answer is always the top one" unless it's a self-accept, which is not pinned Commented Mar 29, 2016 at 16:28

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