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I am just now realizing that HN comments are collapsible...I wonder if anyone has ever looked at upvote/scroll behavior when the collapse button is used vs not?

I am just now realizing that HN comments are collapsible...I wonder if anyone has ever looked at upvote/scroll behavior when the collapse button is used vs not? There are a ton of threads where the top comment is also a non-sequitur, but I know when that happens I frequently don't scroll past the hundreds of replies to see what the other first level comments are.

AareyBaba 7y ago
Okay. I'll bite. What is everyone talking about ? I see an upvote triangle, a down vote [-] and nothing else. Is this a mobile only thing ? I can't see a way to collapse comments under Chrome or Safari on a desktop. I am out of the loop what's the secret ?
- thewarpaint 7y ago
  [-] is not a downvote button, but the collapsing one.
  - AareyBaba 7y ago
    TIL ... after years on HN. For anyone else out of the loop like me: Where's the downvote button? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17731487 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17731487
    - kingosticks 7y ago
      It's not available until you have a certain amount of karma. I think it's 500 or thereabouts.