[META] Question There's Complaint

EDIT Just noticed the title typo.. Jesus.. lol, obviously it's meant to say Thread and not There's

Why exactly, is the question thread in contest mode? I understand mods probably don't want scores visible in a thread for general questions but contest mode will randomize the order for posts. So a new comment might not be seen by the people with he answer, or not even at all given the random nature of contest mode.

Why not put the default order to "new" which is an option. People can't sort by new on their own in contest mode. It makes no sense at all to me. Could a mod possibly chime in with the reasoning behind this?