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I think it does something unusual on deeply nested comments. It simply discourages deeply nested comments because they are usually unuseful except for the two p
by jimmies 9y ago
I think it does something unusual on deeply nested comments. It simply discourages deeply nested comments because they are usually unuseful except for the two participants.
- u801e 9y ago> I think it does something unusual on deeply nested comments. IIRC, HN does roughly the same thing that reddit does for deeply nested comments (meaning that you have to click on a link to view more of the thread). The most deeply nested thread I was involved in [1] on HN didn't appear to be handled any differently than any other thread I've seen here. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13632352 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13632352
- detaro 9y agoIt (temporarily?) hides the "reply" link after some depth, so you have to click the timestamp to go to the comment permalink instead and reply there.
- rainbowmverse 9y agoFor example: your comment had no reply link, but the one above did.
- pbhjpbhj 9y agoIs that a function of nesting, I thought it was rapidity of responses -- to try to inhibit back-and-forth arguing.
- u801e 9y agoI have seen this happen if I try to reply soon after a post appears, but I don't recall it happening in the nested thread that I linked to.