You can respond more than 1 day later and it’s still relevant!
On Reddit it seems on most major subs if you’re not one of the first to respond, or within 2 hours, then you may as well shout into the abyss.
So much content is being created on Reddit that only the tide of instant opinion (and gratification) sweeps certain posts to the front page before ebbing into history, until someone reposts for karma. I suppose that’s the most efficient and easiest way of filtering posts but there surely must be a better way that does not involve mod (human) judgement. Some forums - like whirlpool or skyscrapercity - have matured enough to be self-regulating and largely appear not to have those problems.
Although it does make the feed a little confusing. I initially thought that the app I was using simply bugged out, rather than the threads just being active a few days after being created.
Wonder if Lemmy will develop the same kind of taboo against necroposting that Reddit and forums had back in the day. It was generally frowned upon to revive an old thread, even though you could feasibly do it.
I have set my default sort order in my profile settings to Subscribed & NewComments
The NewComments ordering by default has been fantastic.