I think in this case the fault lies entirely with me, given the number of different ways one can see a list of all the most recent posts.
(My original bullet point also mentioned that sorting by recency seemed like a preferable way to display posts anyway, and for this reason I concluded that this should be the default display. But in his reply Oli mentioned some important drawbacks that I had overlooked, so I no longer believe this.)
I think in this case the fault lies entirely with me, given the number of different ways one can see a list of all the most recent posts.
(My original bullet point also mentioned that sorting by recency seemed like a preferable way to display posts anyway, and for this reason I concluded that this should be the default display. But in his reply Oli mentioned some important drawbacks that I had overlooked, so I no longer believe this.)