A chronologically sorted inbox is the worst possible world for The Facebook. How can you boost user engagement with advertisers if you don’t use algorithms that repost years old stories of that time your dog died?
> A chronologically sorted inbox is the worst possible world for The Facebook.
As an aside, chronological sort key has been available in the previous designs, and the URL still works
www.facebook.com/?sk=h_chr
It has its limits of usefulness, though - some group admins moderate new posts in bulk once a day (if that), so depending on the time of visit you might be swamped with dozens of posts from the same group.