Not a button to do it for the thread en masse. I haven't experimented enough but suspect the key is rewarding positive contributions rather than focus on penali

Not a button to do it for the thread en masse. I haven't experimented enough but suspect the key is rewarding positive contributions rather than focus on penalising the negative. e.g., have a threshold based on liveliness of a thread, and render visible anything above that. The rest is collapsed or worse. I think then if you expand looking for drama, and half the time just find something mundane that didn't make the grade, you'll settle on just reading the abbreviated best-of content. To be honest, not much online is critical reference material or vital how-to. I think most of us need to be helped in staying out of the gossip and button-pushing grime. Streamlined threads surely help. Do we really need to read every one of 1,000+ comments on Musk doing x or y? Any time I hit a hurdle on Reddit (e.g., trying to force me to login to read something contentious) I use it as a reminder that I'm probably wasting time and should do something else. It's a hurdle at the time but seconds later I'm appreciative!