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HN's model is bad for high volume. Sometimes on HN you only get one top level reply on the whole page because once it puts the top top-level reply it then puts
by eterm 4y ago
HN's model is bad for high volume. Sometimes on HN you only get one top level reply on the whole page because once it puts the top top-level reply it then puts all the replies to that above the next top-level reply.
So you get a vast amount of low quality replies above the next high-quality reply.
For low volume it works okay because you can manually collapse but for high volume once it starts paging it breaks down and you just get further into the top level comment without properly being able to escape.
Reddit's model of auto-collapsing so you get a mix of threads and top-level replies is much better for picking out the better responses.
- httpete 4y agoI made a reddit-like comment system for HN if you are curious: https://www.hackernewz.com/item/33153152 https://www.hackernewz.com/item/33153152 (link to your comment: https://www.hackernewz.com/item/33153152?commentId=33155112 https://www.hackernewz.com/item/33153152?commentId=33155112)
- rakoo 4y agoThe style is very neat. Mind sharing the source ?
- httpete 4y agoYes, I will post it on HN and Github as soon as it's finished!
- aabbcc1241 4y agoIt seems you only show top 3 levels by default, then allow manual toggle to show/hide nested replies? Also for long list of replies, you also only show first few. This design may helps "smaller comments" to surface when the conversation is relatively "mature".