Ask HN: How do you read 1K+ comments in a HN thread
2•deep_thinker26•1mo ago
The title is self explanatory. Thanks!
Comments
iambateman•1mo ago
I start at the top comment and read replies until it gets boring.
From there, I read top-level comments and collapse the ones that look dull.
But I never get very far into it.
I also religious check my replies and try to reply when people have something interesting to say.
toomuchtodo•1mo ago
Quick scan for anything of near term significance, favorite the thread, and then I’ll revisit the thread once the window times out for further replies and comment edits.
pestatije•1mo ago
I. DO. NOT. I do, however, wonder what made you think i do.
enz•1mo ago
It may be 1000 comments, but including answers to comments, and answers to answers to comments and so on. Since it’s possible to fold "sub threads" of answers in which I am not interested, it becomes pretty manageable.
appreciatorBus•1mo ago
Just don’t.
No thread with 1000 comments will have anything original or anything of value. Inevitably it is just partisans throwing the same talking points at each other back-and-forth until one party gets tired and the other declares victory.
adversary122•1mo ago
Usually, if topic is interesting, I will save it and read all of it on weekend. Otherwise, I will try to read around 2-3 first comments with its subs.
iambateman•1mo ago
From there, I read top-level comments and collapse the ones that look dull.
But I never get very far into it.
I also religious check my replies and try to reply when people have something interesting to say.