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Feature Request: Collapsible Comments

2 points by tylerdinner ↗ HN
It seems very counter-productive to good conversation to have to scroll so much to get past the top comment thread. It almost feels like information manipulation in how much this feature belittles all comments that are not the single most popular.

Often it's pages of scrolling just to get the the 2nd most popular reply.

This feels antithetical to what the engineering community* preaches about decentralization and improving communication.

Edit: added the word 'community'

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forgotmypw17
Collapsible comments are available with JavaScript enabled, and the setting is remembered for two weeks, if I remember correctly.

This is little consolation to someone who doesn't have JS available, but if you are able to selectively enable JS just for HN, I have found it to be more helpful than not.

ss108
You can collapse the comment thread by clicking the minus in brackets next to the comment time.
tylerdinner
Wow I can't believe I've missed that the whole time!
ss108
I also only realized this after reading the other guy's comment; I came to the thread to support this feature request lol

This site could use a lot of UX improvements. It's nice that it's not bloated, but it's not striking the right balance, IMO.

JLCarveth
The API is public, you could always design a client ;)
jstx1
There's a "[-]" next to each comment which does this.