does such option exist? I found these 2 scripts
https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/475738-lemmy-show-top-comment
https://pastebin.com/f2En5E7P
but they don’t seem to work even after changing the included page to match the url.
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At least on lemm.ee, that is a setting in user settings. Look there.
Edit: misread comments as posts. Hope it still helps though.
Personally I can only find the option for posts, not for comments as OP requested.
Sadly, I haven’t found a way to do it. It would be a great feature
If you browse in an app on your phone, most of them support default sorting. I think some of the alternate UIs might do as well such as old.lemmy.world, a.lemmy.world, etc.
It’s an option in liftoff if that’s any use to you.