The fact that this was intended makes it even worse in my opinion. Having it set to popular now is going to inevitably finish off what little functionality to the gallery we had left. Some people don't pay attention to the filters and that affects visibility to new creations and engagement.
Not to mention the comments being a separate tab. I've already shown a few people that you have to click it to see, some had asked what happened to the comments because they thought they were gone completely.
The gallery needs an overhaul for sure, but this "intended dicision" is just making it worse than it already was.
