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Arrgh!!! and yet somehow your complaint about something, which is at best mildly irritating, has generated enough off-topic commentary that I had to scroll for

Arrgh!!! and yet somehow your complaint about something, which is at best mildly irritating, has generated enough off-topic commentary that I had to scroll for miles to find the useful part of this discussion which is about the article's subject matter. Right now I know what I find more annoying, and it isn't a click-to-dismiss lightbox. Seriously though, bumping our gums about this sort of thing doesn't get us anywhere, unless it's a particularly egregious UX crime. Have a moan directly at the site owners, not the rest of us, many of whom find these posts tiresome. Or install something like u-blocker or privacy badger.

TheBeardKing 10y ago
Why hasn't HN implemented a collapsible thread function yet like Reddit? I love HN comments, but this is my biggest gripe.
- isleyaardvark 10y ago
  There's an extension for Chrome, but it really should be built-in: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap...
  - cclements 10y ago
    Agreed. This one is also quite good: http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/ http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/
  - therealdrag0 10y ago
    I'm a big fan of: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hckr-news/mnlaodleonmmfkdhfofamacceeikgecp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hckr-news/mnlaodle...
simonh 10y ago
I think bearing in mind Hacker News origins and community, comments like this are appropriate to the audience.
baltcode 10y ago
I think the priceonomics guys are regular HN participants. They'll probably see the comment and its votes/discussions.
npsimons 10y ago
> Right now I know what I find more annoying, and it isn't a click-to-dismiss lightbox. And now you understand. Maybe if they hadn't used the shitty lightbox, you wouldn't have had to scroll to "on-topic" content?

TheBeardKing 10y ago

Why hasn't HN implemented a collapsible thread function yet like Reddit? I love HN comments, but this is my biggest gripe.

isleyaardvark 10y ago
There's an extension for Chrome, but it really should be built-in: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collapsible-c/hockhafcdegocajmjhafgjncjpodihkd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-collap...
- cclements 10y ago
  Agreed. This one is also quite good: http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/ http://gabrielecirulli.github.io/hn-special/
- therealdrag0 10y ago
  I'm a big fan of: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hckr-news/mnlaodleonmmfkdhfofamacceeikgecp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hckr-news/mnlaodle...

simonh 10y ago

I think bearing in mind Hacker News origins and community, comments like this are appropriate to the audience.

baltcode 10y ago

I think the priceonomics guys are regular HN participants. They'll probably see the comment and its votes/discussions.

npsimons 10y ago

> Right now I know what I find more annoying, and it isn't a click-to-dismiss lightbox. And now you understand. Maybe if they hadn't used the shitty lightbox, you wouldn't have had to scroll to "on-topic" content?