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Feature Request: Collapsible Comments
It seems very counter-productive to good conversation to have to scroll so much to get past the top comment thread. It almost feels like information manipulation in how much this feature belittles all comments that are not the single most popular.
Often it's pages of scrolling just to get the the 2nd most popular reply.
This feels antithetical to what the engineering community* preaches about decentralization and improving communication.
Edit: added the word 'community'
- forgotmypw17 4y agoCollapsible comments are available with JavaScript enabled, and the setting is remembered for two weeks, if I remember correctly. This is little consolation to someone who doesn't have JS available, but if you are able to selectively enable JS just for HN, I have found it to be more helpful than not.
- ss108 4y agoYou can collapse the comment thread by clicking the minus in brackets next to the comment time.
- tylerdinner 4y agoWow I can't believe I've missed that the whole time!
- ss108 4y agoI also only realized this after reading the other guy's comment; I came to the thread to support this feature request lol This site could use a lot of UX improvements. It's nice that it's not bloated, but it's not striking the right balance, IMO.
- JLCarveth 4y agoThe API is public, you could always design a client ;)
- jstx1 4y agoThere's a "[-]" next to each comment which does this.