Ask HN: Why doesn't HN have comment collapse, like Reddit?
I feel like there has to be a good reason. Because scrolling through long threads to get to a different line of thought is not very friendly. This request comes up regularly, the last time two weeks ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11355038 Summary: most users agree, some wrote browser plugin, some are willing to pay for a solution. It's up to the admins to find time to implement the feature. It will devalue the comments you write. Why bother if it no one will see it. Some third party clients already support comment collapse :) I'm keeping a list of all HN clients here: https://pinboard.in/u:tedmiston/t:hacker-news/ You can bookmark it, filter by web vs. mobile vs. native, etc. For comment collapse, I'd look at Premii's client in particular. Oh man it pains me not having it! So many threads have a really long first comment chain about a tangent within the article or about a related project.