Quick note, I'm going to use "artist" as a blanket term for all creators here for ease of use.
As much as you CAN change it, I think it's crucially important that this is the default for all people and they can then change it to popular if you want. This is because using just popular on it's own means no new artists/musicians/creators can get any form of notice without having a big following already from other sites. Making it so the newest stuff is seen first means that people will see new stuff and people will have their art and works seen by people. That's the only way artists can grow is with constant exposure, sure, you CAN change it to newest, but not many people will. Artists rely heavily on that stumble-upon nature of newest content first. Especially for someone like myself who works in an under-appreciated medium (music) in an under-appreciated genre within music (heavy metal). Without this many artists wouldn't be noticed at all. For this reason I think it's crucial that fresh is the default for viewing submissions.
Quick note, I'm going to use "artist" as a blanket term for all creators here for ease of use.
As much as you CAN change it, I think it's crucially important that this is the default for all people and they can then change it to popular if you want. This is because using just popular on it's own means no new artists/musicians/creators can get any form of notice without having a big following already from other sites. Making it so the newest stuff is seen first means that people will see new stuff and people will have their art and works seen by people. That's the only way artists can grow is with constant exposure, sure, you CAN change it to newest, but not many people will. Artists rely heavily on that stumble-upon nature of newest content first. Especially for someone like myself who works in an under-appreciated medium (music) in an under-appreciated genre within music (heavy metal). Without this many artists wouldn't be noticed at all. For this reason I think it's crucial that fresh is the default for viewing submissions.