Restore persisted sorting option on group list pages

In #588987 (closed), we introduced a change that forces created_at to be the default sorting option in group list pages. This was done to alleviate performance concerns with other sorting columns while working on optimizing our database indexes.

Some of our customers have shown frustrations with this change.

Proposal

Restore the persisted sorting option on all group list pages except Explore > Groups

  • The performance issue is most visible on Explore > Groups with huge numbers of items to sort on

Implementation Guide

Refer to !222413 (merged) on what needs to be reverted

Edited by Shane Maglangit