Comment by MBCook

12 years ago

I wonder if this'll be a good idea to, but I'm willing to give it a try. My biggest worry would be that it slowed-down discussions too much.

> I don't get it. This site looks like something made in 1996 (with absolutely no regard for readability), but the big new upgrade we're getting is a draconian (and wholly unnecessary) comment moderation feature/policy?

I like the look of HN, it has all I need and nothing else, plus it loads fast. The only thing I'd like is a way to collapse comments (Reddit style) so I can easily get past a long chain in a discussion. I'm curious why you think it's hard to read.

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MBCook

chrismonsanto 12 years ago

> The only thing I'd like is a way to collapse comments (Reddit style) so I can easily get past a long chain in a discussion.

This is the only thing I want as well.

maxerickson 12 years ago

Here's a sort of solution, a bookmarklet:

https://gist.github.com/maxerickson/8456792

It turns the timestamps into collapse buttons. It's sort of adapted from here:

http://alexander.kirk.at/js/hackernews-collapsible-threads.j...

I have another gist there with a bookmarklet that turns the timestamp into a button that hides comments of that age or older.