How to view forums by date, not "Trending Questions"

[rhecker3]

I used to be able to view forums by date, now they appear in order of "Trending Questions"  so that a discussion that has been inactive for three months now appears before a discussion from a day ago.

Is there a way to get back to the way it should be (by date), or must I live with this poorly conceived "upgrade?" I searched in my preferences and profile, but can't find a way to change this.

[Phillip M Jones]

where you set not view or use Trending questions.  I stll think it’s a band width waster.  All I want to see is any activity within the last 2 weeks.

I went to my preferences and on both tabs there were only to items to change and none makes reference to Trending anything.

[Dave Merchant]

If you follow the links from the Forum Comments overview page we have a bunch of Popular Documents, including one describing how to customize your forums experience.

There's also an FAQ, with items explaining that the "Trending" widget has absolutely no adverse impact on performance.

Timely proof  that the overview page has a reason for being there .

Phillip Jones wrote:

I went to my preferences and on both tabs there were only to items to change and none makes reference to Trending anything.