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Ask HN: Do you think it'd be a good idea to fold comment threads?
Lately I've found myself following deep threads of a discussion more and more distracting and/or derailing a conversation. I think folding threads out-of-sight could really improve the readability of the comments section.
What do you think?
- Skywing 16y agoI do usually skim over the outter-most comments in busy threads. I don't really mind, as it is, though.
- wybo 16y agoFolding threads similarly to how they are done on Slashdot.org would indeed be a good idea. And better than having paginated comments, as noted here: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2132568 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2132568
- jpadvo 16y agoOn my laptop, I just scroll through quickly and it isn't a problem. Where this would be useful is on my iPod touch - which often doesn't re-render the contents of the screen when scrolling quickly.
- hardik988 16y agoI agree, folding comments does improve the readability of the thread. This Chrome extension does exactly that: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dibillbafbngeiloehmhhibhjhipeoig https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/dibillbafbngeilo...