There are some browser extensions available for collapsing comments. Here's one for chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c

There are some browser extensions available for collapsing comments. Here's one for chrome: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap... I'm not sure why this isn't a core feature of HN; I think it might be in the works at some point now?