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Show descendant count on Hacker News 'more' links
Show descendant count on Hacker News 'more' links
gist.github.com6points
8comments
#2,279of 2,533 in 2021
Top 90%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
QuietFewer than 5 comments about the project
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Descendant count makes it clear how much of a subtree is hidden
From 2 comments
Hacker News recently introduced Reddit-style comment hiding when there are too many comments in a subthread. This Tampermonkey script modifies your HN so that you see how many…
sillysaurusx on HNWait wait, I'm sorry! I had no idea that my Show HN would feel like a complaint. It's certainly not an inconvenience. I left you some encouragement here, if you missed it:…
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Objections
Collapsing or moving subthreads to other pages could hurt conversation flow
From 2 comments
But then why move deep children to a different page? I'm just a bit concerned because this is always something I've disliked about e.g. Reddit. It cuts off conversations and…
Wowfunhappy on HN> if you start subthreads collapsed, it means it's loading all the comments If we went with the collapse UI for this, we'd have to lazyload the comments on uncollapse. That would…
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Requests
Remove pagination or move deep replies to separate pages less often
From 1 comment
I take it that means removing pagination altogether is not forthcoming? :(
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Questions
Why move deep children to a different page instead of collapsing them
From 1 comment
But then why move deep children to a different page? I'm just a bit concerned because this is always something I've disliked about e.g. Reddit. It cuts off conversations and…
Wowfunhappy on HN
Alternatives named
Collapse toggles ([-] button) on HN
From 1 comment
Wait wait, I'm sorry! I had no idea that my Show HN would feel like a complaint. It's certainly not an inconvenience. I left you some encouragement here, if you missed it:…
sillysaurusx on HN