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Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have comment collapse, like Reddit?
I feel like there has to be a good reason. Because scrolling through long threads to get to a different line of thought is not very friendly.
- mtmail 10y agoThis request comes up regularly, the last time two weeks ago https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11355038 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11355038 Summary: most users agree, some wrote browser plugin, some are willing to pay for a solution. It's up to the admins to find time to implement the feature.
- gscott 10y agoIt will devalue the comments you write. Why bother if it no one will see it.
- wes-k 10y agoOh man it pains me not having it! So many threads have a really long first comment chain about a tangent within the article or about a related project.
- tedmiston 10y agoSome third party clients already support comment collapse :) I'm keeping a list of all HN clients here: https://pinboard.in/u:tedmiston/t:hacker-news/ https://pinboard.in/u:tedmiston/t:hacker-news/ You can bookmark it, filter by web vs. mobile vs. native, etc. For comment collapse, I'd look at Premii's client in particular.