diff --git a/app/controllers/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb b/app/controllers/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb
index 16a2bf671..6ff567c9b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class Collections::Columns::StreamsController < ApplicationController
   include CollectionScoped
 
   def show
-    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.reverse_chronologically.with_golden_first
+    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.by_last_activity.with_golden_first
     fresh_when etag: [ @collection, @page.records ]
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb
index d14f26c32..005bf595c 100644
--- a/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/collections_controller.rb
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ class CollectionsController < ApplicationController
     end
 
     def show_columns
-      set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.reverse_chronologically.with_golden_first
+      set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.by_last_activity.with_golden_first
       fresh_when etag: [ @collection, @page.records, @user_filtering ]
     end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/public/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb
index 18a90aa83..904cab2e5 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/collections/columns/streams_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Public::Collections::Columns::StreamsController < ApplicationController
   layout "public"
 
   def show
-    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.reverse_chronologically.with_golden_first
+    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.by_last_activity.with_golden_first
 
     # To enable caching at intermediate proxies during traffic spikes
     expires_in 5.seconds, public: true
diff --git a/app/controllers/public/collections_controller.rb b/app/controllers/public/collections_controller.rb
index 0aacb1f3f..1e208f766 100644
--- a/app/controllers/public/collections_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/public/collections_controller.rb
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ class Public::CollectionsController < ApplicationController
   layout "public"
 
   def show
-    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.reverse_chronologically.with_golden_first
+    set_page_and_extract_portion_from @collection.cards.awaiting_triage.by_last_activity.with_golden_first
 
     # To enable caching at intermediate proxies during traffic spikes
     expires_in 5.seconds, public: true
diff --git a/app/models/card.rb b/app/models/card.rb
index 2368d10ed..83a96dd6a 100644
--- a/app/models/card.rb
+++ b/app/models/card.rb
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ class Card < ApplicationRecord
   scope :reverse_chronologically, -> { order created_at: :desc, id: :desc }
   scope :chronologically, -> { order created_at: :asc, id: :asc }
   scope :latest, -> { order updated_at: :desc, id: :desc }
+  scope :by_last_activity, -> { order last_active_at: :desc, id: :desc }
 
   scope :indexed_by, ->(index) do
     case index