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Personally, I fold almost everything once I've finished reading it. I don't think it's a a very strong signal about the quality of the comments.

TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
On reddit, I often collapse long threads of comments if I'm bored of reading them (I have neither the time nor the attention span). It has no bearing on their quality.
- grrowl 13y ago
  On reddit, I find [personally] most of these threads are never-ending chains of well-trodden memes or loops; this isn't something usually encouraged on Hacker News. If a thread is boring or doesn't pique curiosity it probably isn't too encouraging.
- mcjiggerlog 13y ago
  Something that I always found a problem was getting "stuck" in the middle of a huge comment chain of irrelevant content, so I made a chrome extension to fix it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-comment-collapser/njmimaecgocggclbecipdimilidimlpl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-comment-col...
  - TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
    That looks fantastic. If I used Chrome I might even use it. Its aesthetics are, well, not the best, though. Consider just a solid line?
    - mcjiggerlog 13y ago
      Yeah, I need to work on it some more ... that's top of the list!
arh68 13y ago
I do that too as far as Reddit, but I agree w/ OP. Reddit-style collapsing is useful for reading & skimming but it doesn't persist across browsing sessions. On the other hand, the 4chan UI will hide a thread and all its updates forever. Sort of like if you could collapse/downvote reddit headlines off the front page. (is there a plugin for that?)
- samstave 13y ago
  [HIDE] on reddit will remove these stories and comments from your view.
- mbillie1 13y ago
  HackerNew (apologies for my inability to present this link elegantly) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd... allows folding and dynamic loading, similar to RES. It also increases the font size slightly by default, which I am embarrassed to admit is rather nice.

TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago

On reddit, I often collapse long threads of comments if I'm bored of reading them (I have neither the time nor the attention span). It has no bearing on their quality.

grrowl 13y ago
On reddit, I find [personally] most of these threads are never-ending chains of well-trodden memes or loops; this isn't something usually encouraged on Hacker News. If a thread is boring or doesn't pique curiosity it probably isn't too encouraging.
mcjiggerlog 13y ago
Something that I always found a problem was getting "stuck" in the middle of a huge comment chain of irrelevant content, so I made a chrome extension to fix it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-comment-collapser/njmimaecgocggclbecipdimilidimlpl https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-comment-col...
- TazeTSchnitzel 13y ago
  That looks fantastic. If I used Chrome I might even use it. Its aesthetics are, well, not the best, though. Consider just a solid line?
  - mcjiggerlog 13y ago
    Yeah, I need to work on it some more ... that's top of the list!

arh68 13y ago

I do that too as far as Reddit, but I agree w/ OP. Reddit-style collapsing is useful for reading & skimming but it doesn't persist across browsing sessions. On the other hand, the 4chan UI will hide a thread and all its updates forever. Sort of like if you could collapse/downvote reddit headlines off the front page. (is there a plugin for that?)

samstave 13y ago
[HIDE] on reddit will remove these stories and comments from your view.
mbillie1 13y ago
HackerNew (apologies for my inability to present this link elegantly) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlndihpmbbgmbpjohilcphbfhddd https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd... allows folding and dynamic loading, similar to RES. It also increases the font size slightly by default, which I am embarrassed to admit is rather nice.