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I would prefer it if you could collapse comments. Often the top comment has like 40 replies which makes it difficult to spot the next top level comment.

by bobsy 14y ago

doomlaser 14y ago
I agree. Comment thread collapsing would provide the most bang for its buck. It'd help facilitate more threads of discussion immensely.
- deleted 14y ago
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yuxt 14y ago
I couldn't find the source (website appears to be down) but here is a bookmarklet that gives you an ability to collapse comments http://pastebin.com/382fvsqt http://pastebin.com/382fvsqt
RossM 14y ago
I use http://hckrnews.com/ http://hckrnews.com/ as my front-page interface, which also has a browser extension that does this (as well as highlight new comments since you last read the page).
- SeanDav 14y ago
  Took a quick look at this - did not make much sense to me and looked nothing like my HN front page. Not criticizing, just not for me.
  - prologicweb 14y ago
    http://prologicwebsolutions.com/about/ http://prologicwebsolutions.com/about/
kushti 14y ago
Probably best feature request
bambax 14y ago
I made a Chrome extension some time ago that does comment collapsing + hide stories: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-hideit/dibillbafbngeiloehmhhibhjhipeoig https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-hideit/dibillba... But there are many other solutions around, including bookmarklets, etc. to do it.
- GvS 14y ago
  That's exactly what I needed, thanks!
Laremere 14y ago
Hide is a bit messy. I would prefer a link on each comment which scrolled the page to the next comment in that comment level.
sageikosa 14y ago
I had a similar impression today: that you either need to be among the first to post a comment, or must comment in reply to an already highly placed comment, lest your comment be relegated to scroll-bar irrelevance.
bjhoops1 14y ago
God, yes. I often hesitate to even look at the comments because the 1st comment is inevitably some hyper-snarky rebuttal with a thousand sub-comments. Please add this.
flexie 14y ago
That is something I have wanted for a while too.
user24 14y ago
YES PLEASE
nsns 14y ago
Agreed! A comment with many replies is essentially a new "sub-post" with a life of its own.
etcet 14y ago
My extension, Hacker News Enhancement Suite [0] does this along with other things. Unlike other extensions, I chose to place the collapse icon before the username so it's in a predictable place. The extension also changes the entire style of HN so some people may not like that. I am working on creating an option to use the classic style. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...

I would prefer it if you could collapse comments. Often the top comment has like 40 replies which makes it difficult to spot the next top level comment.

by bobsy 14y ago

I would prefer it if you could collapse comments. Often the top comment has like 40 replies which makes it difficult to spot the next top level comment.

doomlaser 14y ago

I agree. Comment thread collapsing would provide the most bang for its buck. It'd help facilitate more threads of discussion immensely.

deleted 14y ago
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yuxt 14y ago

I couldn't find the source (website appears to be down) but here is a bookmarklet that gives you an ability to collapse comments http://pastebin.com/382fvsqt http://pastebin.com/382fvsqt

RossM 14y ago

I use http://hckrnews.com/ http://hckrnews.com/ as my front-page interface, which also has a browser extension that does this (as well as highlight new comments since you last read the page).

SeanDav 14y ago
Took a quick look at this - did not make much sense to me and looked nothing like my HN front page. Not criticizing, just not for me.
- prologicweb 14y ago
  http://prologicwebsolutions.com/about/ http://prologicwebsolutions.com/about/

kushti 14y ago

Probably best feature request

bambax 14y ago

I made a Chrome extension some time ago that does comment collapsing + hide stories: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-hideit/dibillbafbngeiloehmhhibhjhipeoig https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hn-hideit/dibillba... But there are many other solutions around, including bookmarklets, etc. to do it.

GvS 14y ago
That's exactly what I needed, thanks!

Laremere 14y ago

Hide is a bit messy. I would prefer a link on each comment which scrolled the page to the next comment in that comment level.

sageikosa 14y ago

I had a similar impression today: that you either need to be among the first to post a comment, or must comment in reply to an already highly placed comment, lest your comment be relegated to scroll-bar irrelevance.

bjhoops1 14y ago

God, yes. I often hesitate to even look at the comments because the 1st comment is inevitably some hyper-snarky rebuttal with a thousand sub-comments. Please add this.

flexie 14y ago

That is something I have wanted for a while too.

user24 14y ago

YES PLEASE

nsns 14y ago

Agreed! A comment with many replies is essentially a new "sub-post" with a life of its own.

etcet 14y ago

My extension, Hacker News Enhancement Suite [0] does this along with other things. Unlike other extensions, I chose to place the collapse icon before the username so it's in a predictable place. The extension also changes the entire style of HN so some people may not like that. I am working on creating an option to use the classic style. [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhancement-s/bappiabcodbpphnojdiaddhnilfnjmpm https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-enhanc...