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Answers order is changed when we access a specific answer by its direct link

<sup>Not sure if this is a bug, or status-by-design (for now, tagged as bug just in case)</sup>

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When accessing an answer by its direct link, its order (relative to all other answers) is changed.

Example: if I go to [this question](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161), the answers are displayed by Score (*I guess this is the default?*), with highest scores first. If I click on the sort options ("Score" or "Active"), it all works well.

But if I access that post using [a direct link to a specific answer](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161/276162#answer-276162), that answer is displayed before all the others, even though it has the lowest score. That happens even if I explicitly choose to sort the answers by Score: clicking on "Score", the link changes to [this](https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161/276162?sort=score), and it still shows that specific answer (which has a lower score) before the others with higher scores.

That happens only if the link contains an answer ID. Summary:

- Links to question: OK (answers displayed in correct order)
    - `https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161`
    - `https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161?sort=score`
- Links to specific answer: Not OK (the specific answer is displayed before the other answers, although it has a lower score)
    - `https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161/276162#answer-276162`
    - `https://meta.codidact.com/posts/276161/276162?sort=score`

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Is it intentional that the display order of answers is changed like that when we access it by an answer's direct link?