Yay, we'll have redgifs accessible for 48 hours! After which I fully expect them to break it again

You're not gonna believe this man, but you can actually directly link to the setting ;)

Settings shortcut: Account settings > Post sort

I can set it there but visiting my instance or my subscribed it still always sort by active instead of what I have set

Edit: I just notice that there is a save button . It works, when I save 😉

Yeah, my problem was in just overlooking the save button at the top right of that page. Maybe a reminder if you leave without saving would help or make it autosave when a setting is changed.