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HN Meta: Is it really necessary to split 1k comments into 5 pages? Many sites serve a homepage much larger than every comment here on a single page.

• teddyh 8y ago
  It isn’t just to limit page size, it also works as a damper on heated discussions, as most people won’t read more than the first page, but comparatively few people stop reading in the middle of a page, regardless of length.
  • jakeogh 8y ago
    I figured that, but I didn't want to make such an embarrassing assumption about what purports to be a reliable tech discussion site. Especially when I noticed new comments automatically went to page >1. Sad, but hey, it's HN's property.
    • teddyh 8y ago
      The position of new comment apparently depends on the commenter’s “karma”.
      • jakeogh 8y ago
        Normally, they appear top for a few seconds, but I understand the alg that takes karma into account, maybe it changed a bit. If it's a thread split into pages...