No that still doesn't solve the problem, unfortunately. Sorting by popularity or agree means I don't get to see the "trending" topics. I would just see those with the most replies or the most vote-ups. I want to see the recent ones but with the most vote-ups.
Additionally, what I see here is multiple threads talking about the same thing. I've seen people posting speculations on the conversation even though there was already a translation thread a few posts below. Or people expressing the same idea etc. What happens is that substantial posts float to the second page without having many vote-ups because people haven't got to see those posts.
Also, let's be real. Hardly does anyone sort the posts before posting a new topic. We all have seen people asking for raws when the post to raws is like right there.

The comment section here thrives so much that Mangago needs to facilitate our discussion LOL. We should be able to vote up the replies to the thread so that people can see the top comments. There are too many topics (threads) talking about the same thing, and the substantial threads float to the next pages. It'd be better if we just have one single thread for each chapter where people reply to it, and we can vote up the replies. Oh and hot threads should be pinned too.
I love reading thirsty comments.