I felt sure that in the past, any threads which had recent additions were visible first, with older unloved threads at the bottom of the 50 shown.
Now I cannot see any logic in the order of threads if I use this search feature - certainly not grouped depending on where posted (eg geekystuff threads, pedantscorner threads, site_stuff threads) so if I have time, I try to look through the lot to see which have had any update in the last 1-3 days, but it is a bit of a pain not knowing if the last of those shown was updated recently and stays at the bottom of the list.
OK, someone might tell me I was imagining that they used to be ordered by the date of the final contribution in the thread (and not the date of my last contribution, IYSWIM) but if they were never sorted before, can someone at MNHQ please consider this as a request ? TIA