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Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#32If you want to read every comment in a thread, https://hnrss.org/item?id= Otherwise, though, HN itself has a terrible format that's nearly impossible to follow.
I'm not a web developer. Would you mind explaining how I'd use that snippet?
For example for this story one would place the number 40952952 from the URL https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40952952 at the end of the given URL such https://hnrss.org/item?id=40952952
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#33Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is strange to me. Flagging should be reserved for comments that flagrantly break the rules. There's plenty of stuff I disagree with that is formulated in a perfectly polite and serious way. I come here to have my own views challenged as much as anything.
I wonder if people who abuse the [flag] function as a “mega-downvote” should eventually lose the ability to flag. I quite often see comments flagged here that are not rule breaking, they’re just unpopular takes.
There was a lot to like about Slashdot's moderation and meta-moderation scheme.
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
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Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#35I use a short userscript to “mark as read” comments on hover. They just get a different color so I can hop around and know where to resume. It’s particularly helpful with active threads where new comments appear in the middle.
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#36I skim top -> bottom, read what catches my eye, skip the reply tree to posts I'm not interested in, and when I am not getting value I stop and move out, regardless of reason for not getting value (direction the discussion takes, posting quality, my mood or attention, etc). I almost never revisit later, I don't use any navigation helpers like [-] or prev/next.
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#37It took me a while to realize that there is a "prev" and a "next" button next to every comment. It makes navigation much easier when there are long threads. Using [-]/[+] is another option. If the problem is just the sheer amount of data and not navigation, you can simply bookmark the thread and come back later. The algorithm usually does a good job getting the best comments on top after things have settled down, jus…
>It took me a while to realize that there is a "prev" and a "next" button next to every comment.
That feature is relatively new, Oct ~28th 2021 apparently https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29023087 so it mat not have been you missing it.
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#38I use the HACK app, a hacker news reader app, for android. It has collapsing sections and jump to next top level comment. Between these two functions reading long threads even with deeply nested comments isn't too bad.
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#39I use the HACK app, a hacker news reader app, for android. It has collapsing sections and jump to next top level comment. Between these two functions reading long threads even with deeply nested comments isn't too bad.
HN has those features built-in - at the end of every comment's top line, click 'next', or '[-]'
Re: Ask HN: How do you read and follow the discussions on big threads?
#40These days I plug the article into https://kulli.sh which aggregates all the comments across HN, Lemmy, Lobsters, Reddit etc. into a single feed which I can quickly filter by source, discussions or order reverse chronologically.
When I've had enough of a particular comment thread or source, I click/tap to minimize it and continue with the next one.
I like having all the comments on an article in one place, not just for the convenience factor, but also because it gives me regular glimpses outside of my bubble and shows me how different communities, including ones I don't necessarily agree with, are discussing the same topics.